Font Size: a A A

The Cultural Interpretation Of "a Temple Fair Of Plate" In Liulin Of Shanxi Province

Posted on:2012-03-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X M JiaFull Text:PDF
GTID:2215330338953933Subject:Folklore
Abstract/Summary:PDF Full Text Request
"Temple fair of plate" which is called"Temples Exhibition"appears in Liulin Shanxi Provence, it is a ceremony in the core of the sacrifice celebrated in annual New Year. As Liulin country'custom, the"Temple fair of plate"is knowed only by locations , so that you can find few about it in kinds of magazines or newspapers, even that you still find some luckily, it is only the examples that gives about this. In this paper the author uses such theory as folklore, sociology, anthropology and methods of on-the-spot investigation and supplemented by local literature on the inheritance and change of "Temple fair of plate" and the "Temple fair of plate" ceremony symbolic significance, including what does the "temple" mean and the behavior of a symbol of the ceremony, through these studies, you can find that how the "Temple fair of plate" ceremony affects local residents' daily life. This article focuses on the view of the non-material culture protection in order to give an explanation of the tripartite relationship between the interests in the"Temple fair of plate".This paper is divided into five parts:The preface explains the aims of the article, the research status, the materials and the methods used in the paper , also shows the innovation and insufficient in this research.The second chapter summarizes the "Temple fair of plate", what the main point is the introduction of the production and development of the "Temple fair of plate" and the natural and social environment it relies on.The third chapter narrates the"Temple fair of plate", which is guided on the method called "overall research". At first, the paper gives the description of the "Temple fair of plate" ceremony in details, then deduces the performance and the ritual of the "Temple fair of plate", in order to analysis deeply, the author uses the method of a binary opposition into two ideological to describe the ceremony of the "Temple fair of plate" at present.The fourth chapter analysis the symbolic meaning through the performance of "Temple fair of plate" ceremony in-depth and shows the impaction of the "Temple fair of plate" on local residents in their daily life, thus revealing the function of the "Temple fair of plate" ceremony.The fifth chapter is the core of this paper. As we all know, the "Temple fair of plate" is a non-material cultural heritage. In this chapter, firstly, the author draws on Robert Redfield'big tradition and the little traditional theory to explain the interaction between contemporary society , secondly, explains the relationship between the three interests such as the national rights, the folk artists and the organizers of the "Temple fair of plate" ceremony in the application of Bourdieu's field theory. In the view of the intangible cultural heritage, the "Temple fair of plate" not only has the rights to exist, but also should be inherited. Once the "Temple fair of plate" performances well, we must deal with the tripartite of the national rights, the folk artists and the organizers of the "Temple fair of plate" ceremony. If that, the "Temple fair of plate" not goes well but also become the brightest local culture brand in Liulin Shanxi Province.All in all, the author shows that in the "Temple fair of plate" ceremony, the spirits of the ghost fade out step by step and the ways of it gradually simplified, in order to meet the needs of the development of the social life, the "Temple fair of plate" should complied with the history and change their ingredients in order to reduce the superstitious and the mysterious, enhance the function of the ceremony'entertainment. Maybe, in some day, the"Temple fair of plate"will be the most popular entertainment in life or be the most important part in social life.
Keywords/Search Tags:"Temple fire of plate", Symbolic meanings, Function analysis, Tripartite rights
PDF Full Text Request
Related items