| "Mar-tsang Sde-ba (Tib:Dmar gtsang sde ba) is a Tibetan village that located in northern Amdo, and its name was derived from the famous Tibetan pilgrimage---Mar-tsang monastery(Tib:Dmar gtsang dgon pa) which is situated right next to village. According to conventional human geographical perspective, Mar-tsang Sde-ba Village belongs to Pa-ri (Tib:Dpal ris) Tribe. however, many evidences show that the village actually is composed of people from Dro-tsang (Tib: gro tsang) Tribe. Mar-tsang Sde-ba village is located in the banks of the Tsong-chu River, not very far from Ping-an County and is surround by number of Han Chinese and Hui Muslim communities. Based on the field research in my research, the author studied behavior pattern of Mar-tsang community in terms of their ethnic identity, social memory and political participation as part of the ethnographical research. In Addition, also discussed the origin of Mar-tsang community, how it was formed and its significance in the development of Tibetan communities along the Tsong-chu area.The structure and contents are as following:PrefaceChapter â… Introduction The significance of the topic, research methods and main conclusions, innovation and difficulties analysis.Chapter â…¡ Geographical and human environment of Mar-tsang community.Chapter â…¢ The clan of Mar-tsang community and the study of its ethnic identity construction through their cultural characteristics of Dro-tsang Tribe.Chapter â…£ Discussion on the internal cultural cohesion mechanism of Mat-tsang community:Bone lineage and marriage circle. Chapter â…¤ The study on the history of Mar-tsang monastery, the basic community cultural symbol and the foundation for the following discussion.Chapter â…¥ The construction progress of the cultural symbol "Mar-tsang monastery", condensed symbol building process and how the community indicated its unique ethnic and cultural identity through shaping social memory.Chapter â…¦ Two events happened in Mar-tsang community, the internal ethnic suspicion opposition, the external force resistance, agglutination, psychology and behavior during the community mobilization and political participation.Chapter â…§ Conclusion The internal and external factors of cohesion and development of Mar-tsang community. Through comparative study with other Tibetan communities in Tsong-chu area, made the conculsion that the modle of Mar-tsang community could be a available path for them. |
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