Between Memories Of Ancestors And Construction Of The Frontier

The area of Fangchenggang, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was in the west of Qinzhou, Lianzhou prefecture, Guangdong province and subordinate to it during Ming and Qing Dynasties. On the north of this area was Shangsi county, Guangxi province and west was Vietnam. Many inhabitants(Zhuang people) there claimed that they were Maliuren and offspring of soldier led by Mayuan, a famous general who attacked Jiaozhi(Vietnam) of Han Dynasty.In the introduction of this paper, a survey of"memories of ancestor"and"frontier"study was done. The research approach of this paper was brought forward: Holding on a kind of view from margin, always regarding the initiative of the native and finding out their role in the construction of frontier. In the first part of this paper, the historical change of label"Maliuren"was showed, the falsity of the story of ancestor was displayed, and the phenomena of copying each other among the genealogies of clan Huang was displayed through comparative study, too. Based on other case study, the model of plot in the ancestor's story was revealed, stories of ancestor were"collectivized"among the clans in this area. The second part of this paper was aimed at analyzing relationship between the social change of native Xidong and the creating of memories of ancestor. The area of Fangchenggang belonged to seven Dongs in Song Dynasty, and native chieftains were core of the society. Entering into Ming Dynasty, four of seven Dongs surrendered to Vietnam because of Implementation of Lijia system and abandoning Vietnam in Xuande years of Ming Dynasty. In Jiajing years, Lin Xiyuan, the governor of Qinzhou enhanced the management in the west of Qinzhou. He was also involved in the controversy over whether to attack Vietnam, and his point was to attack immediately. Then, the case of four Dongs became an important excuse for attacking and occupying Vietnam. At the same time, the inhabitants of four Dongs were eager to return to Ming Dynasty, too. Under this circumstance, the memories of offspring of Han's soldier were created. The paradox in stories of clan Huang's origin was shed light on in the third part. The inhabitants near sea changed their identity from"yi"to"min"during Ming and Qing Dynasties. The process of identity transformation and the micro-scene of history were displayed in this part. The making of label"offspring of Han's soldier"had economic significance for clan Huang: to explain the legitimacy of owning land. I got this perception in the conclusion part: The construction of frontier in the west of Qinzhou since Song and Ming Dynasties was not only a political, militarized process but also a cultural process. It's not the border determined the people but the people determined the border in this process.This paper was aimed at exploring the relationship between the creating of culture and the micro-scene facing the creator of culture. There were some characteristics of the social development and change in a region in a period. The characteristics were the process of turning into frontier in the west of Qinzhou since Song and Ming Dynasties, I believed.To explore the creating of culture from angle mentioned above, we could understand the socity , culture and their change well.