A Study On The Social Adaptation Of Ethnic Ecological Immigrants

Migration is not a phenomenon unique to modern society,it has occurred throughout the ages.Relocation is a top-down project implemented by the government to solve the problem of “a place cannot feed its people” in poor areas.The successful implementation of the relocation program demonstrates that this policy is in line with the actual needs of China’s poor population to escape poverty.Under the influence of multiple presence,how do ethnic minority ecological migrants,as ‘ culture holders ’,face the interactive process and reflective mechanism constructed by the state,the ethnic group and the individual;under the influence of globalization,social changes and the state ’s ethnic policies and practices,ethnic minority ecological migrants face new challenges.How to adapt to new ways of life,production and values have become an issue that needs to be addressed by different countries,regions and ethnic groups.In addition,the issue of ecological migration of ethnic minorities is an issue that requires continuous attention and research.The focus of attention on easy poverty alleviation and relocation is mostly on policy support and financial compensation for migrants.When ecological migrants start a new life in a new relocation site,our concern is not only whether they can escape poverty,but also whether they can adapt to their new social life.The depth,breadth and speed of social adaptation of ethnic ecological immigrants are not only related to the stability and long-term life of the immigrants in the place of immigration,moreover relates to the establishment harmonious ethnic relations as well as the minority ecology immigrant community’s stable development.This paper explores and analyses the economic adaptation,cultural adaptation and social relationship adaptation of Yi migrants in the LZ community of Kaiyuan City.The paper begins with an examination of the historical memories and real-life practices of the Yi ecological migrants in the LZ community.Before the relocation,the LZ community migrants were relocated several times due to ecological problems,but were always at the poverty line.In order to improve the migrants ’ living environment and raise their economic level,the government implemented an easy-access poverty alleviation and relocation project in Kaiyuan,and LZ community was one of the nine easy-access poverty alleviation projects in Kaiyuan.After relocation,the first thing that migrants face is economic adaptation.As there is no land in the relocation site,the migrants,out of rational choice,change their traditional way of livelihood,which is based on agricultural cultivation,to one based on outbound work.After relocation,Yi migrants’ traditional ethnic culture is affected,and they become culturally self-conscious in the face of the culture of the place they have moved to,and in the process of social interaction with the locals they continue to adapt their own thinking and behavioral norms to life in the place they have moved to.The paper concludes by suggesting ways to expand the social interaction of migrants,increase the education of migrants and pay attention to the inheritance and development of Yi culture in order to improve the social adaptation of ethnic ecological migrants.By sorting out and summarizing the main ideas of the paper,and colliding and reflecting on the ideological views of other scholars related to the paper,the final conclusion is that easy poverty alleviation and relocation takes changing the living environment as the starting point,and through the migrants’ conscious or unconscious changes in their own way of thinking and behavior,they gradually adapt to the economic,social and cultural life of the relocation site.The self-development of ethnic minority ecological migrants is the main driving force for their social adaptation.The social adaptation of migrants is a continuous and dynamic process,in which the individual migrants constantly exert their subjective initiative to choose new ways of livelihood in the new environment,preserve and pass on their ethnic culture in a culturally conscious manner,and expand their social relations,so that the migrants themselves can develop sustainably.In addition,the social adaptation of ethnic minority ecological migrants is characterized by stages and differences in the process of their own development.The social adaptation of border minority ecological migrants is a complex process of understanding,choosing and identifying with the natural environment,social environment and their own ethnic culture.This process of adaptation is a long-term process,which has to go through different life practices before it can be gradually completed,and during the process of adaptation many maladjustments may occur,and even matters that have been adapted may appear to be maladjusted again,that is,the phenomenon of adaptation regression.In addition,the various factors that influence the social adaptation of ethnic minority migrants show different influences depending on the time of relocation.Various forces such as the state,the government,the market,the residents of the relocation site and the migrants intertwine to form an intricate relationship that affects the speed and direction of the social adaptation of ethnic minority ecological migrants.In general,the social adaptation capacity of ethnic minority ecological migrants is gradually increasing.On the one hand,ethnic minority migrants adjust their thoughts and behaviors in the new environment according to certain moral standards or value scales,and the customary system agreed upon within the ethnic group still plays an important role,reflecting the rational choice of local ethnic minorities for community identity and social construction,and facing the influence in the social construction framework and system as a variety of social and cultural practices of ethnic minorities,combining the migrating place.On the other hand,ethnic minority ecological migrants also actively participate in the construction of poverty alleviation in the frontier,acting as multiple players in the security and stability of the national frontier and economic development,but there is still a need to strengthen the theoretical care of social adaptation,enhance the cohesion and competitiveness of ethnic ecological migrant communities,and maintain social stability and development.