Investigation on birch-bark craftwork and recycling-oriented resource lifestyle

Based on in-situinvestigations realized in China, Da Hinggan Ling, in the habitation area of the Elunchun people

Abstract

In this paper, the authors discussed the characteristics of birch-bark craftwork culture that inherited by the Elunchun people in the Da Hinggan Ling region of China. The research is based on documentary literature and a field survey. As a result of investigation, it can be said that characteristics of Birch-bark culture of Elunchun People are: (1) "resource recycling," (2) "utilize a thing to the full," (3) "co-evolution through existence and symbiosis," (4) "production for the needs within the community," (5) "the culture that handed down from generation to generation, " (6) "culture of mutual aid," (7) "being inseparable from the climate of one's native place."