Anthropological Study Of Hmong Embroidery Heritage Education

Mostly, the former studies about embroidery tradition of Miao nationality only concentrated on the culture explanation of its Custom and Pattern, and did not study the its transmission activity and the relation among practice corpus in transmission process. It is not the single purpose to study Miao embroidery only know its culture meaning, and should still look for to make its can be in the folks continuously method that continue, survive is with the measure. Wanting to make Miao embroidery crafting can exist in the folks, it must study its transmission activity, this possibility therefore to the place that neglect by the former study, and also may is this study more a little rightly than former research.This dissertation adopts anthropological methods to investigate the embroidery tradition of Miao nationality and try to generalize some effective measures by which to protect and popularize such fine embroidery tradition. This dissertation, using questionnaire and interview and resting on the understanding of the status quo and the existing problems, analyzes the history roots, ecological context, transmission process and causes for the existing problems of the Miao embroidery tradition; then it points out that, given the new historical condition, fulfilling the function shift is the necessary and basic condition to transmit Miao embroidery art; meanwhile people must be educated to shape and change their attitude towards Miao embroidery; finally, it argues that the transmission and development of the fine traditional culture such as Miao embroidery hinges on the continuation of some new project, i.e the co-ordination of folklore activity and folklore tourism. This dissertation mainly includes as following:Introduction: it briefly describes and states the project, theoretical framework, method of investigation and theoretical significanceChpter 1: research background of the Miao embroidery art. It briefly introduces its historical culture, language and its words, religion beliefs, custom.Chapter 2: the field survey of the status quo of theMiao embroidery transmission. It provides relatively detailed survey of the status quo of the Miao embroider transmission and the situation of how many people have and how they use Miao embroider in their clothes and other trappings. How many people haveMiao embroider clothes and other trappings? How much do they have? How do they wear them in festival celebration? How about the economy condition of the subjects of my survey? And their age structure, education? Chapter 2 there provides detailed information to answer these questions. Then it makes exhaustive statistics and analyses of the pattern, mastery of the technique and art and coloring, and summarizes the problems and difficulties facing the current Miao embroider art.Chapter 3: the ecological context of the Miao embroidery transmission. It systematically analyzes the system context of the Miao embroidery transmission, which includes natural environment and social context. It analyzes the influences from some factorsChapter 4: the transmission the Miao embroidery transmission craft. It mainly analyzes the philosophy, interaction pattern, process and idea-formation of Miaoembroidery craft. It points out that it is the philosophy of the Miao embroidery that determines its transmission activity.Chapter 5: the cultural function and the transmission status quo of the Miao embroidery. It mainly analyzes Miao embroidery's role to showcase culture in traditional society. It also analyzes the causes for the transmission status quo of the Miao embroidery in today's society. It argues that the declining traditional function and the penetration of modern culture contribute to the Miao embroidery's dramatic evolutionChapter 6: some reflections on the transmission of the Miao embroidery. Given the new history condition, how to transmit and develop such fine tradition as Miao embroidery? This is the heart of this chapter. Given the new historical condition, fulfilling the function shift is the necessary and basic condition to transmit Miao e...