[shǐ shī]
epic
a national epic
民族史詩
“The Deeds of King Gesar,” a folk epic of the Tibetan nationality in China, is the world's longest epic, comprising 36 volumes in 15 million words, with one million to 1.5 million lines in poetry alone in addition to those in prose. The epic enjoys popularity in areas inhabited by people of the Tibetan, Mongolian, and Tu nationalities.
中國藏族的長篇敘事詩《格薩爾王傳》是世界最長的史詩。 除散文 部 分， 僅史詩部分就有100萬至150萬行， 36部， 1500萬字。 史詩流傳于藏族、蒙古族、土族等地區。