Qiang folk religion's Silver Turtle Temple at Qiangshan, in Mao, Ngawa, Sichuan.jpg
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__NOTOC__ Qiang may refer to:


Culture

* Qiang (name), a Chinese name, including a list of people with the name, or an alternate transliteration of Chinese surname Jiang (surname) (彊/强) *
Qiang people The Qiang people ( Qiangic: ''Rrmea''; ) are an ethnic group in China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognised by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approximately 310,000 in 2000. They live mainly in a ...
, an ethnic group in China *
Qiang (historical people) Qiang () was a name given to various groups of people at different periods in ancient China. The Qiang people are generally thought to have been of Tibeto-Burman origin, though there are other theories. The Tangut people of the Tang, Sung and ...
various non-Chinese groups referred to in Chinese historical literature *
Qiangic languages Qiangic (''Ch'iang, Kyang, Tsiang'', Chinese: 羌語支, "''Qiang'' language group"; formerly known as Dzorgaic) is a group of related languages within the Sino-Tibetan language family. They are spoken mainly in Southwest China, including Sichua ...
, a subfamily of the Tibeto-Burman family spoken in Sichuan and Tibet Autonomous Region


Geography

* Qiang la, an Indian transliteration of Changla


Military

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Qiang (spear) ''Qiang'' (pronunciation: , English approximation: , ) is the Chinese term for spear. Due to its relative ease of manufacture, the spear in many variations was ubiquitous on the pre-modern Chinese battlefield. It is known as one of the four m ...
, a type of Chinese spear


See also

* Qian (disambiguation) * Jiang (disambiguation) * Chiang (disambiguation) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages