The Epic of Jangur

He became an orphan at the age of two, and began to fight around the age three. When he was seven years old, he had become a well-known hero. This is the story of the epic Jangar.

Jangar was written between the 15th century and the first half of the 17th century in the Weilate region of Mongolia. A tribe of the ancient Mongols, Weilate means "the tribe of the forest". They mainly dwelled in the area of Mount Altair in northwest China's Xinjiang.

The hero of the story is named Jangur, whose parents were killed by the invader, Manggusi, when he was two years old. To avenge his parents' deaths, Jangur began to go out to battle at the age of three. When he was seven years old, Jangur had established his fame and was elected Khan by locals at Baomuba. Despite his loss in war, Manggusi still attempted to invade Baomuba. Leading 35 generals and 8,000 warriors, Jangur defeated Manggusi and kept Baomuba free from occupation. Finally, with his great talents, he established a Utopia where people could stay as young as 25 years old and winter and summer would never come but spring and autumn would always stay with them.

As a heroic epic, Jangur obtained great achievement in the portrait. Take the hero Jangur as an example. The epic talks about his bitter childhood and hard battle experiences repeatedly, describing him as a smart, brave and talented hero who was respected by followers. Hongguer is another big hero in the epic. It says from Hongguer one could find "99 merits of Mongols". He had boundless faith to his people and great hatred for his enemies. He had the spirit of the eagle, very tenacious.

In terms of the landscape description, the epic displays not only the grand scene at Mount Altair, but also the living environment of Weilate Tribe with strong ethnic flavors, which reflects the unique characteristics and aesthetics of Mongolians. Jangur contains a lot of the oral language of Weilate Tribe, supported by the ancient Mongolian folk songs, hymns, and proverbs.
Written at the peak of ancient Mongolian literature, the epic Jangur has shown great influence on the literature of the following centuries. Currently, it is one of the key cultural items under state protection in China.

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