---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 14 Jul 2000 New in IGCS - Other Internet Guides to East Asia: The Western Yugur Steppe Ed./Corp.: Marti Roos, in collaboration with Hans Nugteren (Leiden Univ., The Netherlands), and Zhong Jinwen (Central Univ. for Nationalities, Beijing, China) URL: http://www3.cybercities.com/w/westernyugur/index.htm Language: English. Description: Marti Roos, webmaster of the site, recieved her PhD in Turcology at Leiden Univ., Netherlands. The site contains a lot of introductory material (including a synopsis of Western Yugurology in the 19th and 20th century) and a very rich bibliographical section. Site contents: (1) Introduction (The Western Yugur people; Sunan Yugur Autonomous County; The Western Yugur language; Yugurology); (2) Literature and culture (Folk tales; Folk wisdom; Folk songs; Proverbs; Riddles; Religion); (3) Entertainment (Western Yugur cuisine; Traditional calendar; Pictures of the country; Pictures of the traditional costume; Post office; The weather); (4) References (Bibliography; Search; Links). _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINA STUDIES -- editor http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] containing the following message: SIGNOFF IGCS-L