On the peculiarities and cultural value of the fine arts of small ethnic groups engaged in forest hunting in the Amur river basin

Fu Zhongfeng, Jiang Dongmei

The purpose of this article is to characterize the fine arts of small ethnic groups engaged in forest hunting in the Amur River basin. The author of the work pays special attention to the nature of the national cultures of the three tribes (Evenks, Daur and Ooken), which has a number of individual differences in the ethnicity of the carriers, but at the same time reveals universal features dictated by the general living conditions, way of life and religion of the representatives of all three considered small nationalities. The article concludes that the study and popularization of the peculiarities of the visual arts of hunters in the Amur region will have a positive impact on the preservation of consistency in the study of issues of Chinese culture in general.

Keywords:small ethnos, fine arts, peoples of the Amur river basin, Evenks, Ooken, Daur, forest hunter culture, Chinese fine arts.