Post Card

Hunting has always been something big for the Oroqen, but the memories of hunting are all they really have left because China has been trying to break down the rest of the hunting groups in society. This group had roamed the pine and birch forests of China's Greater and Lesser Xing'an Mountains, living in hide-covered dwellings called sierranju that are nearly identical to the teepees of North American Great Plains tribes. The Oroqen way of life continued largely unchanged until the middle of the past century. Their traditions are eroding due to modern society. This is really a sad thought when you think that this civilization of these people have lived a certain way for so long and are being forced to change.