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China and Japan Sino-Japanese Manchu Literature non-collections and cooperative research
Dr.Cao Meng
Associate Professor
Chinese Morthern Ethnic Culture Research
Shenyang Normal University (China)

During many kinds of system and cultural resources in Liaoning province, Manchu cultural
resources are the one of the most prominent and lucrative to improve Liaoning regional development
and cultural development.
1.The Origin Of This Research
At present the domestic and foreign literature of Manchu language can be divided into two major
systems. One is a collection of Manchu literature, such as the Museum of Chinese History, Liaoning
Provincial Archives, and some library and archives of Manchu literature in Heilongjiang province andJilin Province and in some foreign countries such as Russia, Japan, Korea and other countries. Thesecollections of the Manchu literature have been in a relatively safe and semi-closed state before studying
translation in large scale because of the special personnel management and special management system.
The other one is non collection of Manchu literature, which is the literature system that exists in a broad
space in the existential forms for a long time. The latter system is an important and difficult work tocollection and arrangement, even digital construction.
We choose the latter for our research topic in order to conserve and research deeply.
2. Difiniation of literature and the idea
In the traditional field of academic research, the literature is a carrier of recorded human knowledge
with text, graphics, symbols, audio, video and other technical means. The national standard about"Literature" that People's Republic of China in 1984 is defined as: "Literature is the record carrier of all
knowledge. According to the above definition and related knowledge system, we establish the big
concept of literature: it means to record all the carriers of human cultural activities, the carriers of thathave the function of communication and dissemination of cultural information, as well as the carriers of
all the knowledge carriers.

Based on the big idea of literature, we think Non-collection of Manchu cultural resources mainly
consists of five parts: the first is those about the Manchu language; the second is those literature
resources of Han, Manchu literature and history books related Manchu language; the third is the lost
record or description of the language carrier during Manchu growth and development but lost; the fourthis about the contemporary description and record of Manchu ethnic customs and its literature; the fifth isthe form and record of the Intangible Cultural Heritage related to the Manchu language. In addition, thenon collection of Manchu literature should also include the ones in foreign countries, such as clan
genealogy, contract documents, books, letters, notes and letters daily, Township rules and regulations,
native to the local opera literature.
3. The Project of Field Survey and Conference Exchange
3.1. Resources about Field Survey
3.1.1 Manchu Genealogy Survey
Genealogy compilation is a fine tradition of the Chinese national culture as a part of the Chinese
cultural heritage, and the Manchu family tree is the largest number of Chinese ethnic genealogy of aclass. We went to Fushun city of Liaoning province for Manchu surname Tong family tree and relatedfamily records investigated and sorted.
3.1.2Field Investigation and Collection of the combination of the Tombstone between Manchu andHan
The combination of the tombstone is an important carrier and evidence of Manchu language text asminority intangible cultural heritage of the world. We invest aged the existing text style tombstone on
the following between Manchu and Han in the main area of Liaodong China. We have alreadysurveyed 8 tombstone from the beginning of project.
The firsr is the tombstone of Ya Shita as tui janggin, which is located in the township of stele
village of Lanshan village in Fushun County of Liaoning province; built in Kangxi eight years. Tablet
height 1.93 meters, 0.88 meters wide, 0.29 meters thick. Base seat 0.6 meters high, 0.96 meters wide, 1meters of residual body. No (first), a base seat deformity. The second is the tombstone of the third-classvice-general of the Ministry of Rites in feudal China in the same place as the first, which is 3.6 meters
high. The (first) 1.2 meters high, 1.1 meters wide, 0.33 meters thick. The (first) relief with two dragons
with pearl, frontal vertical carved Chinese "chijian" meaning that was built by imperial order, Tablet
height 2.7 meters, 0.99 meters wide, 0.29 meters thick. The third is the tombstone built in YongZheng
Four Year of Shi Geng as the first-class bodyguard in the same place as the front two, Tablet height 2.3meters, 0.98 meters wide, 0.35 meters thick. The first 1.13 meters high, 1.02 meters wide, 0.39 meters
thick. Now the monument has been dumped, the middle open. Half the monument is 1.02 meters inheight, the lower half of the monument is 1.3 meters tall, 0.96 meters wide, 0.34 meters thick. There aresome tombstones of Mr He, Mr Tong, Mr lang Heshen and so on. Otherwise, we surveyed the palacemonument located in in Xinbin County of Liaoning province, the amount of 1.10 meters high, 1.12
meters wide, 0.39 meters thick. Tablet height 2.52 meters, 1.07 meters wide. 0.345 meters thick.
Publication of the Results of Research Project:
Verbal Presentation (Date, Venue, Name of Conference, Title of Presentation, Presenter, etc.)
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Thesis (Name of Journal and its Date, Title and Author of Thesis, etc.)
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Book (Publisher and Date of the Book, Title and Author of the Book, etc.)
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