Sayerho:Research On Cultural Space Change And Modern Communication Of Tujia Intangible Cultural Heritage

Intangible cultural heritage is the crystallization of collective wisdom in the development process of human history.It contains rich traditional cultural genes and ethnic spiritual traits,and forms a unique cultural memory of an ethnic group,with irreplaceable cultural value.As a representative project of national intangible cultural heritage,Sayerho is a tujia funeral ceremony born in the qingjiang river valley of wuling mountain area.As an important representative of tujia folk customs in southwest hubei province,it reflects the unique ethnic cultural psychology of tujia people.The intangible cultural heritage of ethnic minorities rooted in the soil of tujia culture is undergoing unprecedented changes in the process of modernization.The mountainous environment of the qingjiang river basin has traditionally shaped the region into an isolated and self-sufficient cultural ecology.However,with the acceleration of urbanization,the accelerated flow of population has also brought about the expansion of the cultural space of the Sayerho.After entering the media society,the structural reform of modern media not only brings great realistic challenges to the tujia intangible cultural heritage represented by Isaac yer-ho,but also provides a brand new media space for their inheritance and communication.Taking Sayerho as the research object and Qingjiang River valley in the Wuling Mountains as the field,this paper investigates the changes of the cultural space of the Tujia non-legacies,and makes an interdisciplinary study among the disciplines of anthropology,sociology and communication,in order to try to make a point and face.It provides a new perspective and train of thought for the modern communication of Tujia.The paper is divided into five chapters.The introduction constructs a framework background for the research by combing the core concepts,literature and other background.The first chapter makes an in-depth explanation from three aspects:historical change,development connotation and realistic value;the second chapter,based on the theory of cultural space,makes an in-depth explanation of Sayerho and its cultural space.The relationship is analyzed systematically;The third chapter,as the core part of this paper,conducts field investigation in the upper,middle and lower reaches of the Qingjiang River Basin,to sort out the changes of the cultural space of Sayerho.It also analyzes the influence of cultural space transformation on the inheritance of Sayerho.In the fourth chapter,the author thinks about the relationship between Sayerho’s cultural space and modern communication from the perspective of communication,and tries to provide a way for Tujia to protect and inherit in the context of modern media society.