Qing Dynasty To The Republic Of China In Some Areas In Sichuan Han Genealogy Can See The Clan Cultural Studies

During the period of Qi Dynasty (1636 AD– 1912 AD) to Republic of China(AD1948),there was a huge migration of people into Sichuan under the times driving. At the time of rebuilding local society, the reconstruction of Clan was undertaking. As the bottom of grass-roots unit in organization,Clan culture can be seen as a significant component in Chinese civilization. Currently, most of researches about Clan culture focus on several aspects, such as immigration, family system, but less exploration about features behind Sichuan family .There is a gap for Sichuan Clan culture academic research.This research is taking Clan Culture in Sichuan area during the time mentioned above as a sample. There are four chapters in this paper. The first chapter critically analysis the factors shaping the Clan culture like the population shifts and revised pedigree status。The discussion of second chapter emphasizes on ideology of Clan Culture reflected by local marriage, funeral, religions and other folk customs. The third chapter aims to analysis the interaction between Clan and local society. The final chapter attempts to compare the difference of clan culture by locations, to identify the proper sense of Clan culture. The essay based on primary research from field survey study, oral tradition collection and variety of secondary research about Sichuan district history record and other academic papers, wrapping up with the evaluation of Sichuan local genealogy from perspective of population shift, folk custom and local culture, aims to demonstrate the general feature of Clan culture in Sichuan area, for further academic study as reference.