Author(s)

Yan Wang ^1,2

Affiliation(s)

¹ Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou, China
² Department of English Language and Literature, Lanzhou University of Arts and Science, Lanzhou, China

Corresponding Author

Yan Wang

ABSTRACT

The Great Wall is the crystallization of the spiritual and material civilization of the Chinese nation, and the legends passed down inside and outside the Great Wall contain the splendid culture created by all Chinese nationalities, which has a very rich connotation. The Chinese nation is a unified multi-ethnic country, and in the historical process of national unity, there have been splits, mergers, fusions and finally unification, and many themes of ethnic conflicts and national unity in this process can be found in the Great Wall legends. This paper analyzes the Great Wall legend which reflected the conditions of national interaction, exchanges and integration between ethnic groups inside and outside the Great Wall in different periods.

KEYWORDS

The Great Wall, legend, communication, the Hexi Corridor

CITE THIS PAPER

Yan Wang, A Study of Ethnic Communications, Exchanges and Fusions in the Legend of the Great Wall in Gansu. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2023) Vol. 5: 108-115. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2023.050218.

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