Field Investigation Of The "drum Cart" In Weicun And Its Enlightenment To The Protection Of Folk Sports Culture

In the historical background of prosperous development of Chinese cultural undertakings,the continuation and development of traditional folklore is always the hot academic topic.According to the general characteristics displayed by existing academic research mode,method and spatial distribution,this paper chose folk sports"running drum cart" in Hedong region Yu village as a specific case,the fieldwork was lasted for two years,which included field present time for total four months,conducted a comprehensive systematic description of "running drum cart" culture in Yu village.This article set about from the synchronic cultural interpretation and diachronic cultural variations,launches the discussion around the core issue of this study,"what is the key to the folk sports protection?",and the specific viewpoints are as follows:First,through the research of Yu village "running drum cart" custom’s cultural structure,form,characteristics,process,operation mechanism,we found that "running drum cart" custom is a very typical local sports case.The objective and vivid cultural phenomena refutes the "western sports center theory" which is popular during the last several decades,there is indeed Chinese sports culture which is self-developed and can be comparable with western competitive sports,the formation and development of Chinese local sports has its own cultural background and operation rules.Second,Yu village "running drum cart" custom has the general characteristics of Chinese folk sports,which has the traditional folk faith of averting disaster and blessing,and also has the rare body competitive characteristic in Chinese folk sports.The generation of "averting disaster and blessing",is a kind of collective conscious belief construction formed in the living mode of Chinese agricultural society;and the generation of body competitive characteristic is from the particular practice pattern of life in Wei village,which is a kind of collective unconscious cultural construction,the regional relationship,blood relationship,clan relationship and village particular historical effect are important factors to decide the relation of competition and cooperation in the practice of life in Yu village,which furthermore decides the relation of competition and cooperation in "running drum cart" custom.Third,since the Ming and Qing Dynasties,Yu village "running drum cart"cultural variations have different features in different periods,which reflects the robust cultural adjust function of folk culture itself.However,the industry economy since 21 century has a fatal destruction to the inheriting of customs,the field data shows that Yu village "running drum cart" custom fortunately escaped the turbulent and suffering war age,and adjusted to the political movement in the preliminary stage of nation construction,but interrupted in the heating-up of local coal economy since 2000.The economic factor influencing the livelihood of people may be the more hidden and sheerer disturbance factor in the inheriting of local folk custom.Fourth,the issue of national "non-material cultural heritage protection" policy activated the inheriting and development of "running drum cart",but the political factor’s intervening brought new problems inside and outside the custom system.Yu village "running drum cart" application for the list of world heritage,the emergence of internal contradiction and the change of traditional livelihood,the common persue of current economy、culture、power、faith and other multilateral interests are closely linked.the protection of Yu village "running drum cart" custom is facing sustained and effective test of policy endowment,meanwhile,a test of whether the culture inheritors’ faith is firm or not.The true essence of "non-material cultural heritage protection" is neither "non-material" nor "material";it is people’s attitude between"have" and "not have"Hermeneutics master Paul Ricoeur has an enlightening view to cultural anthropology:"understand oneself through understanding others".The research of field case can not only bring some reliable and objective viewpoints,but also make us reflect,discipline conception or relevant nation policies are both likely to be the object of our reflection.This research insists on the "understand oneself through understanding others" methodology.Check each part points concluded from the synchronic and diachronic investigation,they show that:the key of folk sports"running drum cart" protection is the overall status of the livelihood of people.Yu village "running drum cart" bring profound reflection for the protection of national folk sports,"ruling a country easy as pie",the key of folk sports protection is people’s relative stable social livelihood.