Prominent Clans In Taihe And Region Society

This article mainly inspects Xiao clan's developing process, organization construction, relations between clans and state power, the public relations and the relations by marriage, analyzed a powerful clan how to develop into a patriarchal clan in the region society and maintain its prominent clan status by various ways.Xiao clan is one of lineages of Emperor Xiao Daocheng in Nan dynasty. After many generations Ziyun came to Yusi Mountain, After 17 generations to Boyuan who lived in Taoyuan. Along with the influence developed and the population increased, Xiao clan expelled eight surnames who were earlier lived there. They migrated from local villages to the native villages, local counties and other provinces, which had experienced a difficult process.Xiao is a noble rich and prosperous clan, which is related with its organization construction. Its construction ways approximately have three: First, through repairing the genealogies, constructing ancestral temptes and vertical memorial arches, which achieved respects the ancestor and received the race; Second, through attaching more attention to education, establishing the academy and nurture the talented students to realize the Confucianism culture inheritance. Third, through being value Confucianism, doing good magnanimous acts and popular martial arts. The realization has the foreword effective control and the management to the patriarchal clan.As to the state power relations, Xiao and the political power had the positive interaction, the political power trusted Xiao, Xiao also were loyal, when the national crisis strived, they stepped forward. The country also attacked them, which reflected the political power controlled them. Benefit conflicts were inevitable. Xiao attacked other clan with the aid of the political power, which was a common phenomenon at that time.In the region society, the basic public relations are the relations by marriage. It is an important constituent of society public relations. It seems to pay more attention to family status and cultural value orientation balanced and symmetry. Many famous clans in Taihe have relations by marriage with them.Xiao clan's inside and outside region society public relations are also typical. They formed complex society with the famous litterateur: First, the relations between teachers and students, schoolmates, the same year relates. Second, the relations between friends, the colleague relates. Third, reconstruct public relations.Xiao clan can plough, read and practice wushu, it has ability to maintain the local coordinated order, protect our homes and defend our country, strengthen exterior relations.