A Study On Educational Function Of The Inheritance Of Tujia Brocade Crafts

Brocade plays a very important role in the life of Tujia nationality. Traditional brocade not only is closely related with the people in every necessity of life: food, clothing, shelter, but also implicate the cultural psychology of this nationality by a unique mode. Brocade runs through the whole of Tujia people's life, especially in the life of Tujia female from birth to marriage. Therefore, the inheritance of brocade was of great importance effect in the culture of Tujia nationality, the development and socialization of children. Research on the inherited brocade is significance for their traditional culture and education, especially for the girl's educationPrior studies on this field, pursuer only pay attention to the design, veins and the culture connotation from fine art perspectives. It's seldom mentioned the inherited brocade crafts work have a great effect for the children's development. As hand-made brocade, it can be passed on several thousands until now. What is the intrinsic mechanism? What are the factors that affect its inheritance? That handicraftsman didn't accept the special training of art, and low degree of education. However, the brocade they made the master of art give a highly praise. Those special observation ability and aesthetic sense how they do that. All the problems above are worth inquiring deeply.Thus, the examination points choose a representative village of brocade, Laoche village, Miaoshi town, Longshan County, in this paper. Brocade of Tujia nationality as a culture factor, we will research the inheritance by educational anthropology. through the observation, the depth interview as well as the analysis, we has discussed brocade craft inheritance to the Tujia national minority child's influence, as well as its inheritance process, unearths its implication the unique education function.The analysis indicated that the structure of the inheritance of Tujia brocade is practicality and taste as the basic, family as a chief, which is represented through important festival activity, religious belief and a series of custom and behavior rule. Ultimately, those interiorize the Tujia people, especially for the girl. This inheritance is a process of education and has a unique educational function, which manifest that they not only obtain the knowledge, craftsmanship and cultivate the good moral character, but raise their intelligence factors: observational ability, memory and non-intelligence factors: motivation, interest. This education is different educational mode with school, but a fusion of culture of Tujia nationality and school education. It is an all-round development of education in self-dependence, activity and creativity.