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Dominic Ziegler | 368 pages | 10 Nov 2016 | Penguin Putnam Inc | 9780143109891 | English | New York, United States Nanai people - Wikipedia

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. As a crossroads for the great empires of Asia, this area offers journalist Dominic Ziegler a lens with which to examine the societies at Europe's only borderland with . He follows a journey Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China the river's top to bottom, and weaves the history, ecology and peoples to show a region obsessed with the past—and to show how this region holds a key to the complex and critical relationship between Russia and China today. The terrain it crosses is legendarily difficult to traverse. The known history of the river begins with Genghis Khan and the rise of the Mongolian empire a millennium ago, and the story of the region has been one of aggression and conquest ever since. The modern history of the river is the story of Russia's push across the Eurasian landmass to China. For China, the Amur is a symbol of national humiliation and Western imperial land seizure; to Russia it is a symbol of national regeneration, its New World dreams and eastern prospects. Russia launched a grab in and took from China a chunk of territory equal Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China size nearly to France and Germany combined. Later, the region was the site for atrocities meted out on the in the twentieth century during the Russian civil war and under Stalin. The long shared history on the Amur has conditioned the way China and Russia behave toward each other—and toward the outside world. Not only is the Amur a key to Putinism, its history is also embedded in an ongoing clash of empires with the West. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Black Dragon Riverplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Dec 29, Tuck rated it really liked it Shelves: chechnya-russia-ussreuropamusic-and-othersnatural-historypre-wwisailing-and-fightingBlack Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and Chinawestern-rural-with-tractors-horsepenguin-bookswine-and-food. Very nice book about the history and geography of amur river region, and the history of east of Russia, the world of mongol ia toothe north of china, the homelands of lots of indian tribes. Lots of history, but mostly Russian and ussr. It is the same today. It used to stick in the craw of Russian imperialists that their newly seized Far Eastern lands depended upon Chinese and to a lesser extent Korean labor to secure and develop them. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese contract workers were brought in to mine, fishand log. In the Far East the Chinese built the railways, the roads, the military garrisons. They made bricks and lime, and they cut stone. They laid out city streets and threw up municipal buildings. They brewed beer, canned salmon, and stuffed sausages. Chinese workers were well organized and able to put up with hardship. Only for the relatively careful work of plastering, joinery, and oven building were preferred over Chinese in the Russian Far East. Today, Chinese contract workers are in demand again in gold mines and in the lumberyards stripping out the taiga: no days off, ascetic living conditions, and bound, as a century ago, to a headman with opportunities for exploitation. Some things have changed. There are no massacres of Chinese. In the face of Russian nationalism, the Chinese workers lie low. To Russian paranoia, invisibility remains proof of dastardliness. View 2 comments. It contains intriguing chapters on his travels down the Amur River from its source in Mongolia to its outlet on the Gulf of Tartary, but these glimpses are interspersed with superficial history lessons on the Russian presence in eastern . Another shortcoming is the single ridiculously-inadequate small scale map of the region. As a travel book it succeeds, but as history it's lacking. I'll give it a weak Three Stars. View 1 comment. Nov 20, Ms. We're going to need a bigger map. That was my thought after I had read the first few chapters. Not that the map provided in the Kindle edition isn't useful, but I like to read these types of travel books with a map sitting on my lap next to the book, a map that I can mark up and make comments on as I read. The Amur River Sahaliyan Ula or Black River, as the Manchus called it; or Black Dragon River as the Chinese call it is the world's ninth longest river — 2, miles if measured from its head waters before the Shilka and Argun tributaries meet. Unlike the great rivers of Russia, which run from south to north, the Amur runs from west to east. It originates in Mongolia and cuts across both Russia and China. A cursory glance at a map can be misleading. The river is not a natural transportation route across the Siberian Far East. Look at it in relation to Vladivostok, Russia's ice-free port. Not only does it lie to the north but two loops swing very far north. The Amur watershed is a work in progress with winter ice cutting new channels and fast-flowing meltwater spilling into mud flats and virtual ponds far into spring. Moreover, the river marks a historically contested boundary between Russia and China. The title of this book is a bit misleading as well. The author has meticulously researched the history of the region. His travels take him through Onon, north to Chita, west to Irkutsk at the southern tip of Lake Baikal, east to Nerchinsk about miles east of Chita, as the crow fliesAlbazino miles northeast of NerchinskBlagoveshchensk miles southeast of AlbazinoKhabarovsk miles southeast of Blagoveshchenskand finally Nikolaevsk or Nikolayevskna-Amura, miles northeast of . The journey is much longer if the course of the Amur is actually followed. Each location once played a significant role in Russian history, only to undergo decline. Liberated from this geographical constraint, the primary historical Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China in this book cover the rise and dissolution of the Mongol Empire; the origins and complex legacy of the Cossacks, which coincided with the destruction of native nomadic tribal populations; and centuries of relations with the Chinese which have been at times both antagonistic and symbiotic. Paranoia and pragmatism. In particular, Ziegler points to the Treaty of Nerchinsk of which despite Russia's long, if selective, memory of past grievances, is the foundation of a different attitude toward China than toward Europe and America. I wondered whether this original sin set the tone for the better known atrocities meted out on the Russian Far East in the twentieth century, notably during the Russian civil war and under Stalin. A diverse ecosystem of tundra, taiga, steppe and wetland has been preserved from development by border tensions between China and Russia. Ziegler expresses a lyrical appreciation of this terrain. Even as he writes about this, ominous forebodings of climate change are present. The Torey Lakes where waterfowl nest, have begun to vanish. The waters had shunted whole sandbanks about, and spilled over into lagoons and marshlands, leaving behind placid oxbow lakes where once the main force of the river had run. Those interested in Russian history will appreciate it much more than I did. However, being an avid armchair traveler, I did enjoy Ziegler's insights and descriptions. He also had an interesting Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China with the law. Having agreed to purchase a hand-made pocket knife he discovers the knife in question is one crafted at the Nerchinsk Prison. The money is flung over the prison wall, but the knife is intercepted and Ziegler finds himself under arrest. It's an Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China anecdote that concludes with the author hastily departing town. This was an interesting read, but also a long one. Jul 21, Christine rated it liked it Shelves: netgalley-and-arcsreportingscience-naturetravel. One my favorite books when I was a child was Folktales of the Amur. Nicely illustrated and written. I loved that book. I still love that book. When I re-read it, it always holds its Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China. The Amur is a river in the Russian east. BLACK DRAGON RIVER | Kirkus Reviews

Rich in history but short on personal reflection, this book is more for Asian history buffs than fans of travel literature. The Amur is the ninth largest river in the world. His journey, which he made by horse, Jeep, and train, took him through difficult yet unforgettable landscapes and brought him into contact with a host of intriguing individuals. However, his narrative is far more concerned with setting forth the complex history of both the river and the two nations it separates than with his own impressions of places and people. Ziegler begins his historical account with the story of Genghis Khan, who learned to fish in the Onon. His violence and aggression not only led to the creation of the Mongolian Empire, but also permanently marked that region afterward. More than seven centuries later, Russian czars obsessed with the idea that Russian greatness depended on expanding into China fought and killed their way east while focusing on the Amur as their path to a strategic port in the Pacific. Ziegler is exceptionally Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China about the Amur region and its relationship to the current tensions that define the China-Russia relationship, but more often than not, the historical and political information he offers overwhelms the travel narrative. Analyzing his craft, a careful craftsman urges with Thoreauvian conviction that writers should simplify, simplify, simplify. In the early sections, the author ignores traditional paragraphing so that the text resembles a long free-verse poem. Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 "disinterested" means impartial — periodStrunk is in the last analysis Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in and revised by his student E. White inthat "little book" is back again with more White updatings. Already have an account? Log in. Trouble signing Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China Retrieve credentials. Sign Up. Pub Date: Nov. Page Count: Publisher: Penguin Press. Review Posted Online: Sept. No Comments Yet. Pub Date: Aug. Page Count: Publisher: Knopf. Show all comments. More by Verlyn Klinkenborg. Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 "disinterested" means impartial — periodStrunk is in the last analysis whoops — "A bankrupt expression" a unique guide which means "without like or equal". Page Count: Publisher: Macmillan. Review Posted Online: Oct. Please sign up to continue. Almost there! Reader Writer Industry Professional. Send me weekly book recommendations and inside scoop. Keep me logged in. Sign in using your Kirkus account Sign in Keep me logged in. Need Help? Contact us: or email customercare kirkus. Please select an existing bookshelf OR Create a new bookshelf Continue. Amur - Wikipedia

According to the census there were 12, Nanai in Russia. The Russian linguist L. Some of the earliest first-hand accounts of the Nanai people in the European languages belong to the French Jesuit geographers travelling on the and the Amur in According to them, the native people living on the Ussuri and on the Amur above the mouth of the Dondon River which falls into the Amur between today's Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk- on-Amur were known as Yupi Tartars fish-skin tartarswhile the name of the people living on the Dondon and on the Amur below Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China was transcribed by the Jesuits into French as Ketching. Some are said to have founded clan subdivisions among the Nanai and the Nanai have absorbed Manchu and Jurchens. Nanai culture is influenced by Han Chinese and Manchu culture and the Nanai share a myth in common with southern Chinese. The Nanais at first fought against the Nurhaci and the Manchus, led by their own Nanai Hurka chief Sosoku before surrendering to Hongtaiji in Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China Mandatory shaving of the front of all male heads was imposed on Amur peoples conquered by the Qing like the Nanai people. The Amur peoples already wore the on the back of their heads but did not shave the front until the Qing subjected them and ordered them to shave. As described by early visitors e. Fish would be used as fodder for those few domestic animals they had which made the flesh of a locally raised pig almost inedible by visitors with European tastes. The traditional clothing was made out of fish skins. These skins were left to dry. Once dry, they were struck repeatedly with a mallet to leave them completely smooth. Finally they were sewn together. This name has also been applied, more generically, to other aboriginal groups of the lower Sungari and lower Amur basins. Agriculture entered the Nanai lands only slowly. Practically the only crop grown by the Yupi villagers on the Ussuri River shores in was some tobacco. The Nanai are mainly Shamanistwith a great reverence for the bear Doonta and the Amba. They consider that the shamans have the power to expel bad spirits by means of prayers to the gods. During the centuries they have been worshipers of the spirits of the sun, the moon, the mountains, the water and the trees. According to their beliefs, the land was once flat until great serpents gouged out the river valleys. They consider that all the things of the universe possess their own spirit and that these spirits wander independently throughout the world. In the Nanai religion, inanimate objects were often personified. Fire, for example, was personified as an elderly woman whom the Nanai referred to as Fadzya Mama. Young children were not allowed to run up to the fire, since they might startle Fadzya Mama, and men always were courteous in the presence of a fire. Nanai shamans, like other of the region, had characteristic clothing, consisting of a skirt and jacket; a leather belt with conical metal pendants; mittens with figures of serpents, lizards or frogs; and hats with branching horns or bear, wolf, or fox fur attached to it. Bits of Chinese mirrors were also sometimes incorporated into the costume. When a person dies their soul lives on, as the body Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China merely an outer shell for the soul. This concept of a continuing Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China was not introduced to the Nanai by Christianity, but is original to them. The Nanai believe that each person has both a soul and a spirit. On death the soul and spirit will go different ways. With time, these amban may be tamed and can later be worshipped, otherwise a special ritual must be performed to chase the evil spirit away. After death a person's souls is put into a temporary shelter made of cloth, called a lachako. The souls of the deceased will remain in the lachako for seven days before being moved to a wooden sort of doll called a panyowhere it will remain until the final funerary ritual. The panyo is taken care of as if it is a living person; for example, it is given a bed to sleep in each night, with a pillow and blanket to match its miniature size. Each night this family member puts the panyo to bed and then wakes it in the morning. The panyo has a small hole carved where the mouth of a person would be, so that a pipe may occasionally be placed there and allow the deceased to smoke. If the family member travels they will bring the panyo with them. The most important part of the kasa tavori is held on the third day. These mugdeh are moved into a dog sled that will be used to transport them to the underworld, Buni. Before leaving for Buni the shaman communicates any last wills of the deceased to the gathered family. After this ceremony the shaman leads the dog sleds on the dangerous journey to Buni, from where she must leave before sunset or else she will die. After kasa tavori it has previously been practiced that the living relatives could no longer visit the graves of the deceased, or even talk about them. For the Nanai, children under a year old are not yet people, but are birds. When an infant dies, its soul will turn into a bird and fly off. When an infant dies they are not buried. Instead they are wrapped in a paper made of birch bark and placed in a large tree somewhere in the forest. The soul of the child, or the bird, is then free to enter back into a woman. It is common practice in preparing a funeral rite of an infant to mark it with coal, such as drawing a bracelet around the wrist. If a child is later born to a woman that has similar markings to those drawn on a Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China child then it is believed to be the same soul reborn. The deceased were normally buried in the ground with the exception of children who died prior to the first birthday; these are buried in tree branches as a "wind burial". Many Nanai are also Tibetan Buddhist. The Russians formerly called them Goldi, after a Nanai clan name. According to the censusthere were 12, Nanai in Russia. In the Soviet Uniona written standard of the based on Cyrillic was created by Valentin Avrorin and others. It is still taught today in 13 schools in Khabarovsk. According to the last census ofthey numbered 4, in China mostly in Heilongjiang province. Chinese Nanai speak the Hezhen dialect of Nanai. They also have a rich oral literature known as the Yimakan. However, as of teachers have recently finished compiling what is probably the first Hezhe language textbook. The Chinese census recorded 4. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Goldi chiefs north of Khabarovsk Cambridge University Press. : Publishing House of Minority Nationalities. Moscow, Indrik Publishers, Page Volume IV. Paris: P. Bonn: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. Altai Hakpo. Nanai shamanic culture in indigenous discourse. Archived from the original on Retrieved Ethnic groups in China. Bai Han Hui. Nakhi Pumi Qiang. Tibetan Monpa. Derung Jingpo Lhoba Tujia. Blang Gin Palaung Wa. Miao Hmong She Yao. Evenk Manchu Nanai Oroqen Sibe. Russians . Gaoshan Koreans. . Ingrians . Muroma Merya Meschera . Tungusic peoples. 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