From the journal

Baiyinna: Heritage Workshops in an Oroqen Township

In Huma County, Baiyinna presents Oroqen heritage through a folk-culture exhibition, a shaman-themed courtyard and working craft spaces, alongside the practical changes of a developing village economy.

In the same city · Greater Khingan Range Prefecture ↗

A group of village cultural spaces

At Huma County's northern gateway, Baiyinna's heritage venues sit within an inhabited Oroqen ethnic township. A local government visit reported in January 2025 followed a compact group of places: the Oroqen Folk Culture Exhibition Hall, a shaman-themed courtyard, handicraft workshops and a distillery. Together they bring objects, craft and local production into the township's public cultural life.

Workshops beside an agricultural past

The same visit took in a newly built cultural-tourism service centre and former black-fungus growing rooms in Ezu Village. That combination is revealing. Heritage development here shares space with the buildings of an agricultural economy; a workshop or exhibition is part of a village with several kinds of work and infrastructure. The distillery adds another local production space to the group, alongside the presentation of Oroqen folk culture.

A village project still taking shape

The township's own assessment described visitor services as still developing in 2025. Baiyinna's cultural venues therefore belong to an ongoing village project. Their interest lies in the particular places residents are building and using to present local heritage, within the routines and needs of a contemporary community.

Continue exploring · Baiyinna Oroqen Ethnic Township ↗