Likewise, the Tungkan people of central Asia left China to live among other people, and that kind of environment has been of help in preserving the original form of their folk tales, allowing for historical materials to be gathered there in a form closer to the original.
同樣，中亞的東幹人在離開中國，居住其他民族周圍，這樣的環境有助保存他們帶來故事的原貌，在當地反而能收集到較原始的材料。