Leoteyi: Classical Long Poetry of the Yi Nationality (china Classics Library)
by Feng Yuanwei
About This Novel
"Leotei" is the creation epic of the Yi people. It is popular in the Yi ethnic area of Liangshan, Sichuan Province. "Leoteyi" is a transliteration of Yi, which means "legendary history book". "Leotei" includes more than a dozen parts, including the history of the evolution of heaven and earth, the creation of the world, the deployment of A'o, calling the sun and the moon, Zhige A'long, Shi'er'ot, floods filling the sky and earth, and the changes of Hehusai. It describes the changes in the universe, the growth of all things, the origin of human beings, the migration of the Yi people, etc. With a simple materialistic perspective and rich imagination. It also reflects some scenes of the Yi people in primitive society and the early slave society. The first part of the epic creates artistic images such as the gods Enti Guzi and Zhige Along, describing their miraculous achievements in the creation of heaven and earth and all things, and their imagination is strange.
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