On Kazak And Its Inheritance Features

Aqin Aytis is a kind of collective and folk oral traditional culture which has been retained by the Kazakh people from ancient times .It is not only the common spiritual and cultural heritage of the Kazakhs, but also the unique cultural feature that can distinguishes the Kazakhs from other nationalities.The studies of Aqin Aytis begined with an article written by afamous scholar of Kazakhstan called Chohan.Walihanov .He wrote anarticle named "the type of the Kazakh poetry" in 1856-1857,anddiscussed Qayim Aytis in it .After that ,the scholars at home and abroadhad done research on Aqin Aytis from various angles ,but generallyspeaking, most of the published studies , just discussed the features andsorts of it, and rarely talked about the content relating to the localcharacteristics, the tradition of transmission and the development of AqinAytis .In this dissertation , the author is attempting to break through thelimitations on the discussion about the texts and features of AqinAytis ,and has given academic exposition of the feature of Aqin Aytis as akind of oral culture.This exposition is made from the angles of Folkloreand folk oral literature by making a fieldwork on Aqin Aytis in Fuyuncounty of Altay region in Xinjiang ,in the hope of providing morediscussing for the study of Aqin Aytis in our country .The composition of this dissertation is mainly on the basis of theclassification of the collected materials and the on-the-spot investigation in Fuyun county.In order to possess firsthand material as much as possible,the author has collected and made a careful study of a vast amount of literature and material related to Aqin Aytis in Fuyun county,including the local chronicles,the folk poetry and the folk legends, and so on.Meanwhile, the author still has made a field investigation mainly about Aqin Aytis in Fuyun county town and Dure village inFuyun county successively in October,2006 and January, 2007.The reason why the author choose Fuyun county in Altay region as the investigating object is the following facts. First of all ,the author was born and brought up in this area, and is quite familiar with the humanistic environment and the manners and customs here .Secondly ,as a compactly living county for the Kazakh nationality, Fuyun county is rich in oral culture soil,and Aqin Aytis is comparatively wholly preserved and has developed well in this county .It will have certain academic significance on analyzing the collected materials,doing the research ,summarizing the developing law, and the tradition of transmission of Aqin Aytis if we do make a field investigation in such a place where the folk oral culture has been perfectly preserved.The main body of this dissertation includes four chapters .In the first chapter ,the author mainly introduced the features of the literary forms of the Aqin Aytis and the present study conditions of it in ourcountry and abroad; In Chapter two ,the author discussed the learning and singing tradition of Aqin Aytis of the representative Aytis Aqin in Fuyun county from the angle of folk literature and are by investigating and interviewing them ; In the third chapter ,the author classified Aytis from three aspects and pointed out the new sorts of Aytis such as aytis in telephone,aytis in internet which have the features of modern times .Then the author elaborated the emergence and the developing course of Aqin Aytis from ancient times to the present . Finally , the author made a conclusion on the features in language and culture aspects of Aqin Aytis which is still retained and lively in such an era of information today .