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From Family Society To Temple Community

Posted on:2017-03-12Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:E L SuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2207330485956013Subject:Ethnology
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In the proposed paper, the "families" and "temple lane" are considered as a key concept and social organization form; Xinzheng Hua Yang Zhai Hui village in Henan province as the research object; and according to the theories and methods of ethnology, anthropology to investigate the changes of the local society and its structure. Based on the examining of the "families" of hui nationality in the village, "Jamaat", and the interactive relationship between and among the local society, this article will discuss the translation of the social integration type from the diachronic and the dimension. Based on the concept, this article carries on the analysis and interpretation from the following several aspects:First of all, based on the paradigm of anthropology clan as a frame of reference for the Chinese (Han people), the paper explores the grafting of the family, the relationship between the families and clans through the activities of "go to the grave"; and explore the relationship between families and clans Huayang Hui village. It’s different from the family of traditional Chinese society and the theory system of the clan. The structure of Hui village society combines families, clans, and clans that share the same last names through the outside related "go to the grave" ritual activities.Secondly, based on the discussion of the family structure, this paper studies the present rural social structure of Hua Yang Zhai. In order to be able to clearly and legibly search operation logic of local society, the article adopts the method of the ethnographic fieldwork; the proposed paper systematically studies the daily life of individual members of "Jamaat", the interaction between individual members, the interaction between individual and mosques. Also studies the socialization of individual members in the context of "Jamaat", and the differences of multidimensional oriented society within "Jamaat". Finally, builds and reconstructs the lives in the established social structures in "temple lane" in Hui village.Besides, as a minority of habitation, Hua Yang Zhai Hui village’s ethnic and cultural identity is not a construction of imagination, however, is closely related to specific practice and social action. Hua Yang Zhai Hui people actively participates in the regional "Uma" community by the expanding the marriage ring, study the imam, and participation of war, the economic life, and cultural education through "combined lanes" religious system. The social practical activities are not a simple expression of ethnic, religious emotion, nor local social operation repeated logic; it’s the realistic performance that is negotiated and generated based on complex social relations in Hui people and Chinese Han people.On the basis of the investigation, a conclusion is drawn that the transition from the families society to the "Jamaat" society is not only the case that Hui integrate into local society and maintain the internal the centripetal but also a epitome of the Islamic localization.The transitions and sociology research Angle not only provides the generative mechanism for mixed living social structure, but also provides diversified path for the analysis of the present social reality and its interpretation.
Keywords/Search Tags:Hui people, Families, Jamaat, Social structure
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