The Research Of Hui Nationality's Consumption Culture In Zhuanglanghu Village, Liangzhouhu Town, Manasi County, Xinjiang Province

There are 13 original minorities that are living in Xinjiang province.At the same time,Xinjiang province has the most Muslims that is consisted of Hui nationality,Uygur,Kazak,Kirgiz,Uzbek,Tajik, Tatar,Salar,Dongxiang and Baoancou in China.With the continuously pushing forward of western development,not only the people's incomes and living level have been improved considerably,but also the sense of national pride and identity has been greatly intensified.Hui nationality,since it took roots in China, is a minority that all the people are Muslims.During the formation and development process of Hui nationality in Xinjiang province,compared to other Muslims in China,it has been deeply influenced by Arab,Persian,and other traditional Islamic culture because of the influences from the habitat's regional, geographical,cultural and other unique conditions.Xinjiang's Hui nationality is the very devout Muslim and they live in a wide region and inhabit together,at the same time,they live around the mosque.Birth, marriage,funeral as well as food,clothing and other living habits all have certain characteristics of Islam. Their consumption level,the structure as well as behavior are not only constrained by economic development and traditional customs,but also are impacted by their Islam consumption concept.The research of Hui nationality's consumption culture has the important significance in exploring the harmonious factors,guiding the rational consumption of the Muslims community,adapting Muslims consumption to the concept of socialist consumption,opening up the market of Hui nationality,improving the living level,spuring the economic growth and promoting the rise of the productivity.This essay adopts the community study method and anthropological research perspective and locate in Zhuanglanghu Village,Liangzhouhu Town,Manasi County.Zhuanglanghu village's Hui nationality (Zhuang village is the abbreviated form of Zhuanglanghu Village in the following passage)has the great sense of national identity and the cultural crisis owing to the living characteristics of aggregating and surrounding by Han culture.At the same time,Zhuang village is the locality of the Liangzhouhu Township government."Agriculture,animal husbandry,enterprises," three-in-one unique economic development model has promoted the rapidly economic development,raised the overall standard of residents' living level and is impacted by the modernization.Facing such a circumstance,the youngsters and old men display the different kinds of cultural consciousness that causes the inter-generational conflict on the consumption culture.This essay is based on the main theory that is composed of symbolic value theory, consumption analysis of the social practice theory,the three-division of consumption culture capital theory, the cultural consciousness theory."The Hui nationality's culture consciousness and the impact of the modernization";"The openness and inheritance";"The Islamic culture and Islamic concept of consumption" are the core of this essay.Firstly,The essay is deeply depicted by the material consumption(food consumption,clothing consumption,housing consumption);the spiritual consumption(religious consumption and the life etiquette consumption)and other consumption(marriage consumption,educational consumption,investment consumption and medical consumption).From this,we can see the modernization of Zhuang village's traditional culture and cultural consciousness issues. Secondly,by analyzing of Zhuang village's consumption characteristics,function and driving factors,we can furtherly illustrate and highlight the issues of modernization and cultural consciousness of Hui nationality.Lastly,through the related pondering to Zhuang village's consumption culture,we can have a dialogue and reflection in theory.Zhuang village is confronting with the impact of modernization inevitably must face the modernization of traditional culture and the cultural consciousness is the countermeasure to it.From the small village,we can detect the big society.Meanwhile,we can also penetrate the collectively cultural future of Hui nationality,the issue of cultural consciousness and modernization.Age stratification, inter-generational conflict as well as the different kinds of cultural consciousness have contributed to the division and unity of cultural consciousness.But achieving the complete sense of the cultural consciousness is the key to Hui nationality that can smoothly move toward the modernization of traditional culture.At the same time,the special consumption culture of Hui nationality has intensified the national identity and the positive factors of the Hui nationality's consumption culture is the tremendous impulse of the development of economy and society.