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Zhenfeng, Guizhou Miao Playing Dynasties, Customs And Cultural Interpretation

Posted on:2010-07-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:N TangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2199360275996748Subject:Folklore
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Procreate is the foundation of ethnic proliferation and cultural heritage, with the signification on families, communities and society and great infection on diversity cultural phenomenon in different regions and ethnic groups. The paper is devoting on the consideration of procreate culture of the Miao nationality of Zhenfeng Guizhou , especially the birth ceremony of Da San Zhao , striving to present a comprehensive concept of reproductive outlook and customs for Miao nationality , translating the ceremony towards a multi-angle culture aspect. The core objective subject of Da Shan Zhao is the baby carriers delivery from grandmothers to grandson, which widespread in the ethnic of southwest of China especially for those traditional nationality have the custom of Later Live with Husband. The distinct characteristic of baby carriers ceremony of Zhenfeng Miao nationality, i.e. Da San Zhao, is ceremoniously, vehemence and extensive implication of entertainment and sex. As comprehensive folklore objective subject, Da Shan Zhao carries historical culture, national identity moral ethics and many other aspects. In this paper, analysis combines from interpersonal relationships, baby carriers art, custom songs and ceremony activity with the expectation on excavating of deep cultural implication of Da San Zhao. The three-day hundreds-people- involved Da San Zhao ceremony has a extensive implication of entertainment and celebration, personal interaction and goods exchange among families, relatives, friends and village residents, a extensive interpersonal integration through baby carriers. As first of the four biggest life ceremonies, the birth ceremony Da San Zhao is the starting point of newborn life. As regards for the host family for the newborn, Da San Zhao has significant meaning for the wedding reinforcement, which is the ending of the bride identity and the indication of the membership of husband's family.In the ceremonial context of Da San Zhao, it acquired infinite attention and deliberations to the public for baby carriers art while the related custom Song has been repeated year after year passed from generation to generation. Consequently, Da San Zhao ceremony furnishes necessary nutrition to the succession and development of baby carriers art and custom songs. In a manner of speaking that it is mutual accompanied with folk arts and folk culture. During the process of the Da San Zhao ceremony, the middle-aged female played a leading role and demonstrated the simple concept of reproductive worship, by virtue of the superiority of those who bear children and strength of women's groups. In some extent, Da San Zhao ceremony becomes the carnival for all the middle-aged women of the Miao nationality.
Keywords/Search Tags:Da San Zhao, baby carriers, Miao nationality, birth ceremony, carnival
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