Daur is one of the 56 ethnic groups in China, mainly distributed in Molidawa Daur Autonomous Banner of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Meilisi Daur District of Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province, and Ewenki Autonomous Banner. A few live in Tacheng, Xinjiang, Liaoning Province and other places. Daur people are good at singing and dancing, and there are various forms of folk music, including folk songs and counterpart songs and dances.
The residence of Daur nationality was first recorded as Taoer River (now Taoer River) and moved to the north of Heilongjiang in the early Ming Dynasty. /kloc-In the middle of the 0/7th century, due to the Sino-Russian border war, in order to consolidate the rear, the Daur people initially moved to the Nenjiang River basin, and a few stayed in today's Outer Baikal area. Later, the Qing government recruited young people to station in the border towns of Northeast China and Xinjiang, which gradually formed the present distribution situation.
Historical origin
The Khitan language used by Daur people before the Qing Dynasty has been lost, so it is difficult to study the history before the Qing Dynasty. However, according to the legends of Daur nationality and the comparative study of production, life, customs, religion and language between Daur nationality and Qidan nationality, most historians believe that Daur nationality is the descendant of Qidan nationality in Liao Dynasty.
However, some scholars believe that the Daur nationality developed from the local indigenous ancestors. The related experiments with DNA technology show that the Khitan people have the closest kinship with the Daur people. After the demise of Liao Dynasty, Daur ancestors migrated to northern Heilongjiang.