The Kuril Islands are located in the northern part of the western Pacific Ocean, between Cape Luo Patka at the top of kamchatka peninsula and Cape Nashabu in the northeast of Hokkaido, and there is an arc island group consisting of a string of beaded islands.
The Kuril Islands connect kamchatka peninsula and Hokkaido, bordering the Sea of Okhotsk in the west and the Pacific Ocean in the east. It consists of nearly 40 islands, including Zhanshou Island, Sapporo Island, Xinzhi Island, Telford Island, Choishuo Island, Sedan Island and Tooth Dance Islands, with a total area of about 15600km? .
Large and small islands are arranged in an orderly way, just as discussed, forming a strange "island chain", which is the natural dividing line between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk. The archipelago stretches over 65,438+0,200 kilometers from north to south. Volcanoes crisscross the island, with rugged terrain and steep coastline.
Residents of the island:
The residents of the Kuril Islands are mostly Ainu people, mainly engaged in fisheries and forestry. The southern islands are rich in feed and can develop animal husbandry, while the northern islands are only suitable for hunting pigs. More potatoes and vegetables should be planted on cultivated land.
Ainu people were called "Mao people" in the 5th century, because they were characterized by dark skin, thick, long and curly hair, a lot of hair on their faces and bodies, and short stature. Adult males are about 1.6 meters tall. Their faces have the characteristics of Europeans, and their languages have nothing in common with those of neighboring nations and countries. Men have red beards.
Ainu people have their own festivals and sacrificial activities, the most famous of which is "Bear Sacrifice". They like to carve animals, especially bears, on peeled logs with chisels, which is called "Ainu carving" in Japan. Ainu people have profound cultural heritage, are good at embroidery and love dancing. They wrote many poems and passed them down from generation to generation from memory.
Some Ainu narrative poems handed down in history are rich in content and take a long time to recite. Ainu people have their own language-Ainu language, which belongs to hug language. It is an independent language. Besides Ainu people, only Eskimos and American Indians use hugs in the world.