An Analysis In The Identity Of Ethnic Of The Rural Area

In the conception of the material of construction is priority to the spiritual construction, under the cultural plunder of western countries, and under the influence of market economy, the traditional culture and customs became deformed. In China, the traditional culture and customs of fault phenomena appeared, and the development of traditional culture and customs is facing a huge crisis. Under this background, there are still some of the traditional cultures and customs maintained a strong vitality, attracting the people involved, the custom of dragon dance is one of these. The custom of dragon dance has a long history in China, it is closely related to characteristics of natural transformation of Chinese traditional agriculture society, the poor can only live at the mercy of the elements, so they expressed their spiritual pursuit that the wind and rain come in their time and children were safe through praying to dragon. This paper is intended to the custom of dragon dance in Baijiadawan as an example, describes and analyzes why has the custom of dragon dance been followed so far.Since the rise of the custom of dragon dance the custom dance of dragon in Baijiadawan, it has attracted the attention from all the villagers. In the recent thirty years since1983, the custom of dragon dance in Baijiadawan only stopped for five times, in the recent ten years since2003, it never stopped, and it attract a lot of people back to the village every year. It cumulated rich social capital in the operation process of custom of dragon dance in Baijiadawan in recent years. The sense of trust is the inherent requirement of social capital, it can strengthen the possibility of cooperation between people; social network ensure the information flow and capital flow smoothly, informal institution can maintain order in the role. To make the following of the custom of dragon dance, it need to develop the identity in thought level and the possibility of collective action in social level into practical action. Through the analysis of the main motives of action, it can help us to understand the deep-seated reasons that why each subject participate actively in the custom of dagon dance, and then you can understand the reason that why the the custom of dragon dance can be followed so far. The custom of dragon dance in Baijiadawan can be followed so far and its vitality became more and more exuberant are also closely related to the formation of ethnic identity, and then accumulated the rich social capital. Baijiadawan is a single surname villages inhabited, the people is the same ancestor’s descendants, there’s a blood relationship between people, so it is easy to be a consensus to share common interests.Through the dragon worship and sense of belonging produced by the custom of dragon dance, the people reached identity. Ethnic identity ideology is transformed from the inefficient operation of the social capital, and it also promoted the stability and development of social capital.The important reason of why the custom of dragon dance can be followed so far and still remain activity is that the custom of dragon dance is good at exploring the cultural connotation and the local spiritual needs with the village. Although there are some superstitious things in the custom of dragon dance, but it does not affect us to appreciate this traditional culture.