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Volume 73: Issue 1
A JANGAR-CHAPTER CHANTED BY THE BAARIN KHUURCH RINCHIN
NEW DATA ON THE FOLKLORE GENERIC TRANSITION OF MONGOLIAN HEROIC EPIC
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Chaogetu Institute of Ethnic Languages, Minzu University of China, No. 27 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidan District, Beijing, P. R. China, chaogetu1964@163.coms

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Sarina Institute of Ethnic Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, No. 5 Jianguomen Inner Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, P. R. China1073901972@qq.com

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Ágnes Birtalan Department of Mongolian and Inner Asian Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Múzeum krt. 4/B, 1088 Budapest, Hungary birtalan.agnes@btk.elte.hu

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85–106
Online Publication Date:
Mar 2020
Publication Date:
01 Mar 2020
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2020.00002
Keywords:
Inner-Mongolian folklore; Rinchin epic singer; Jangar-epic; genre xūrīn ülger.
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In the present paper, one chapter of the Jangar epic, chanted by the famous storyteller, khuurch Rinchin of Inner-Mongolian Baarin origin, is discussed from two main points of view: (1) the spread of Jangar among Mongols not belonging to Oirats and Kalmyks, and (2) how contemporary social circumstances transform the traditional heroic epic into another folkloric genre, i.e. the so-called khuuriin ülger. The chapter ‘Minggan, the Beauty of the World’ told by khuurch Rinchin—discussed here—is well known from other Jangar publications like the ‘Mingyan the Beauty of the World’ (published in the Thirteen Chapters Jangar/Jinggar: Takil ǰula qaγan-u üledel Tangsuγ bumba qaγan-u ači Üǰüng aldar qaγan-u köbegün üye-in önöčin Jingγar-un tuγuǰi arban γurban bölög). The life story of Rinchin and his creative innovation in traditional folklore genres are typical phenomena of the contemporary transitional period in preserving and sustaining folklore genres and performance.

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