Zhengzhou Muslim Marriage Customs Changes In The Modernization Process

This paper is based on folklore perspective, focusing on the process of modernization, Zhengzhou Muslim marriage customs of the changes, and these changes influence the Muslim cultural heritage.China is a multi-ethnic country, every nation has its own unique customs. Hui is the most widespread ethnic minorities, in the 7th century, a large number of Persian and Arab merchants came to China by sea and land in Guangzhou, Quanzhou and other coastal cities and the Mainland Chang, Kaifeng and other places to settle. In 13th century, the Mongol army expedition, a large number of Muslims moving into China in Central Asia to Central Asia, these immigrant Muslims, Persians, Arabs, mainly after the absorption of the Han, Mongolian, Uygur and other ethnic groups, and gradually formed a unified nation - the Hui.Thus, Hui is the integration of a variety of ethnic, multi cultural and the formation of a nation.In the first part of this paper focuses on the Zhengzhou Muslim origin, distribution, living conditions and economic, cultural and religious development .The first began in the Tang, when a group of Arab businessmen and diplomats to China by land and sea, located in Zhengzhou, central China, and convenient transportation, but also the two capitals of the West to the traffic arteries, which Islam Foreign Visitor , there are some people choose to stay here. Song, Zhengzhou is near in Kaifeng where is the capital of China, four secondary, Kaifeng attracted large numbers from the Arab and Persian traders, some of them will choose to settle in Zhengzhou. The Islam "alien" here start their families and reproduce, and gradually integrated into the local culture, but their religion is that they maintain their cultural uniqueness. In the course of history, along with cultural integration and national self-consciousness of the struggle, eventually forming a Muslim in this nation .However, due to political repression, ethnic discrimination and other reasons, whether in the era of the Han rule, or the minority regime of the dynasty, Hui hard to have their own voice, until the founding of the PRC before the Zhengzhou Hui always in a backward economy and culture among the lower level of the situation, and the local Han people as suffering from landlords, usurers of exploitation and oppression .After the founding of Muslim political, economic, cultural, educational and religious situation has greatly improved, but the "Cultural Revolution" and the Muslim faith have been hit, the mosque was closed, the imam political campaigns, and this is the twentieth century eighties, Zhengzhou Wedding Customs and one of the reasons not obvious .After the reforms, Zhengzhou Hui economy has developed rapidly in 1990 to 62 Hui development of township enterprises, with an annual output value of 20.259 million yuan, profit 2.2 million yuan . Muslim halal restaurants in the city more than 1,000 self-employed, number of employees 6,000 people. Meanwhile, the Muslim religious situation and cultural education also have a great improvement.The second part describes the customs of the Hui and changes in Zhengzhou, as well as Muslim customs of the two important factors: Islam and different cultures. Wedding Customs of Zhengzhou hui incorporates many provisions of the marriage of Islam, but also absorbed the local Han Chinese Wedding Customs in Zhengzhou, but still maintains its own distinct characteristics. With the accelerating process of modernization, cultural exchanges between different regions is gradually deepened.Hui is the most widely distributed of the minority, although the temple has a door around a traditional, but overall, or long-term mixed in with the state of other nations. In the process of modernization, the traditional folk also facing the inevitable modernization and westernization of the impact.Folk generated as a result of human society, but also with the social development and continuous mutation, the same time, society will need to have according to their social habits and customs screening. In the face when the impact of modernization, Zhengzhou Muslim Marriage and Change in the resistance to re-molded with their own form, while the change of the internal Muslim marriage customs also have a negligible impact.The third part of this article focused on the modern process of two changes within the Hui:changes in family structure and the marginalization of Muslim generation, and these changes impact on Wedding Customs. Zhengzhou, Hui and Han live together long, they maintains the tradition of living around the mosque, there was ethnic neighborhoods, in cities forming a "island" state, while retaining the unique traditions of this nation Practices. And because work, study, changes of living environment and other causes to the Muslim community from the original, Muslim culture is surrounded by Han culture. Intermarriage is whether changes in living environment, have a direct impact on the basic unit of Muslim communities - the family. The family is the socialization of the individual sites, but also the burden of cultural heritage features. But in the Muslim community by the gradual change in scattered settlements to today's family patterns but also by the extended family to the core-type family changes, family memories to be favorable conditions for the spread has gradually disappeared. Marginalization of the formation of the Hui there are two important reasons: ethnic intermarriage and living circumstances. In the process of ethnic intermarriage, Han and other ethnic groups into the Muslim culture is life, and in a subtle way to influence their offspring. Han culture in those experiencing the dip in the core of a small family-style, the color of Muslim culture is the inevitable trend of a gradual fade.