К изучению духовной культуры национальных меньшинств Хулун-Буира

The article focuses on the research of Russian and Chinese scholars on the study of spiritual culture of ethnic minorities living in the urban district KhulunBuir of Inner Mongolia, China. The first group is represented by the works of Buryat scholars, the second — mostly by the works of South Mongolian authors. The article gives a brief review of the research of chronicle traditions and folklore of the Shenekhen Buryats, different aspects of spiritual culture of the Barguts and Daurs. The article gives the analysis of the three works of Bai Shu Fen that are based on the comparative analysis of the totemic ideas and fairytales of Mongols, Daurs and Evenki. Also, the study analyzes several works on spiritual culture and school education of the KhailarDaurs, the work of the scholar Erdenitogtokh and the writer Erdenizhav – native KhailarDaurs. The article gives the summary of the Lei Chin-Tsai’s work about the shamanism of old Barguts.