The Role Of Daughters-in-law In The Inheritance Of Village Festivals Folklore

This thesis is based on the fieldwork of Fenggang village,and the daughters-in-law in Fenggang village are chosen as the main object of study.It discusses the relationship of between the daughter-in-law and the inheritance of the village festivals folklore.This thesis mainly includes the introduction,the main text and the conclusion.The introduction mainly includes the reasons and significance of the selected topic,the reviews of the predecessors’ research,and the research methods.The first chapter mainly introduces that the Hakka culture has influence on the daughters-in-law’s role in the progress of the festivals folklore’s inheritance.The Fenggang village is a traditionally natural village where there is She ethnic minority group and the Han nationalityliving.This chapter mainly introduces the history and the present situation of the Fenggang village’s Hakka culture,the Hakka daughters-in-law’s status,as well as the basic requirement of the Hakka culture towards the daughters-in-law,in order to better explain the role characteristics of the traditional Hakka daughters-in-law in the progress of inheritance of the festivals folklore.The second chapter mainly elaborates how the daughters-in-law participates in the festival activities in the progress of the festival sacrificial practices,the festival diet and the festival etiquette activities.The daughters-in-law are not the passive participants like our traditional imagination in the festival,but the main builders in the festival practices.They apply positive practice activities to affecting the progress of the festival.In the process of “the lighting kerosene lamp”,the daughters-in-law are the main undertaker of Kitchen God Worshipping;In the festival diet activities,the daughters-in-law is busy preparing for festival diet and inherits the diet culture;In “the visiting relatives”activities,the daughters-in-law prepare for the festival gifts and the gifts in return,and positively build a favorable relationship of the relatives.The daughters-in-law are no longer covered with behind the scenes,and they gradually walk from behind the scenes to the front,showing her own unique glamour in the festivals activities.The third chapter mainly introduces that the foreign daughter-in-laware reconventionalized in choosing the mode of the festival celebration.The festival inheritance does not leave the daughters-in-law’s participation,and the foreign daughters-in-law’s reconventionalization is an important part of the local festival inheritance.In recent years,more and more foreign daughters-in-law from other provinces marries in the Fenggang village,and not as before,they just passively accept the mode of the local festival culture.They bring new elements to the local festival customs,to a certain extent,which deeply affects the local festival inheritance.The epilogue mainly reviews the main content of the thesis,and the festivals inheritance may encounter some problems in the future.