摘要：The gesar Epic is not only a literary work and cultural icon of the Tibetan people but a symbol of maintaining ethnic *** particular,in the community mixed with both Hor and Tibetan residents,the cultural memory of gesar is considered as one of the greatest distinguishing factors to tell the Self Group from the ***-Tse Sde-Bzhi(referring to the four villages),a marginal group in Tibetan-inhabited area of Rebgong,is called Hor or DorDo by local *** it comes to ethnic identification,the ethnic group is commonly recognized as Tu *** fact,in the community of Khre-Tse Sde-Bzhi,local residents are distinguished by whether they are Hor(a branch of Mongolian language family)or Bod(Tibetan);moreover,there remains a relatively obvious sense of ethnic *** yet,in addition to the dominant characteristics of local languages,it is the gesar culture that has become one of the main features to differentiate between Bod and *** importantly,people of Bod and Hor identify themselves by whether the others tell the complete version of the gesar Epic or whether they have the authentic King gesar enshrined,in order to determine their cultural identity.