Migration Route Map
The migration route map is the most representative of Evenki narrative map patterns, using line networks to record generations of seasonal migration routes. Different line thicknesses and elevations represent different levels of migration paths—trunk routes, branch routes, and temporary routes.
Cultural Significance
Migration route maps are the "historical archives" of the Evenki people, recording clan movement trajectories in the Khingan Mountains region. The maps mark key information such as water sources, pastures, and sheltered campsites. These patterns not only serve practical navigational functions but are visual presentations of clan oral history, with each route segment carrying ancestral stories.
Related Patterns
Hunting Grounds Map
The hunting grounds map uses circles and symbols to mark the locations and ranges of traditional hunting territories. Circles of different sizes represent hunting grounds of different scales, with internal symbols indicating major prey types—reindeer, moose, roe deer, wild boar, etc. Hunting grounds are connected by dashed lines representing hunting circuit routes.
River Systems Navigation Map
The river systems navigation map depicts in detail the river network of the Greater Khingan Mountains region, with main rivers as the framework and tributaries as branches, forming a tree-structure geographic information map. Flow directions, confluence points, and shoal locations are important references for Evenki water transportation and fishery production.