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Traditional Culture And Contemporary Changes Of The Feminine Of Zhuang Nationality In Long-sheng

Posted on:2008-08-14Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360215983205Subject:Chinese Ethnic Language and Literature
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This paper will do some research on the traditional culture and it's changes in the tourist ground. The research on feminine is a focus of anthropology, the formers have done different research in several points of view. Now more and more scholars take part in this research between feminine and tourism, a lot of works have been published. Choosing Zhuang village in Long-ji as a investigating spot, This research based on former achievements, used others research for reference, makes a full and accurate ethnographical record of female traditional culture and contemporary changes in tourist ground by strict anthropological methods. This paper divides into five portions. The introduction brings forward the researching origins and objects, cleans research home and abroad up especially gives a systemic analysis. At the same time, it provides it's researching methods and thoughts as well as main content.The first part gives a description of general situation about Zhuang villages in Long-sheng and of historic ground of female culture coming into being in order to discover the social and historic ground of that place and to know the details of female culture of Zhuang nationality in Long-sheng ulteriorly.The second part discusses on the traditional habilatory folk and it's cultural details of Zhuang feminine in Long-sheng so that we can learn how these trappings come into being and what are their traits.The third part primarily gives a analysis about the role of Zhuang feminine has been played in traditional festival in Long-sheng. This part will find out the great function that Zhuang feminine has been made in traditional festivals by the action of Zhuang feminine in Spring Festival,Tomb-sweeping Day,Zhongyuan Festival,Laopo-xu Festival etc.The fourth part principally probes into the culture of taboo about Zhuang feminine in life rite in Long-sheng. We can know the unique taboo culture in life rite of Zhuang feminine in Long-sheng from these rite such as birth ceremony,manhood ceremony,wedding,birthday present and funeral.The fifth part mainly discusses the cultural changes of Zhuang feminine in Long-ji since the opening up of tourism. The tourism of Long-sheng has last for 20 years, at the beginning the female culture of Zhuang nationality in Long-sheng was more conservative, but now it is exoteric. Zhuang feminine has been braved to bring forth their traditional culture to foreign tourists, even then regarded their traditional culture as lightness in tourism. They joined in various activities and worked in every aspect, on the other hand, tourism has brought them much negative influence. At the end of this paper I will give my discussion.My research mainly describes the changes of traditional of Zhuang feminine in Long-ji Zhuang village from above five parts; in such a changing period tourism brings them much effect both in active and negative aspects. In this paper I will suggest that an effective policy or mode should be constructed to give a balance between the both to get a win-win at the end.
Keywords/Search Tags:Zhuang Nationality Females, Traditional Culture, Traveling, Cultural Inheritance, Modern Vicissitude
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