Published On
2017-10-30Page Range
pp. 27-100Print Length
73 pages
1. The Ballad of Taipinggoor
- Li Dechun (author)
- Gerald Roche (author)
Chapter of: Long Narrative Songs from the Mongghul of Northeast Tibet: Texts in Mongghul, Chinese, and English(pp. 27–100)
The tale of Taipinggoor (sung in a mixture of Mongghul and Chinese) relates how a virgin-born hero appears in the traditional Mongghul homeland, the Seven Valleys. He travels to Beijing to suppress a rebellion there, acquiring both technical and magical assistance along the way. After successfully quelling the rebellion in Beijing, he returns to the Seven Valleys to live with his mother.