Research On The Relationship Between Yao Nationality And Han Nationality In The North Of Guangdong Province During The Peirod Of The Republic Of China

On the basis of previous research achievements in this area, this paper uses themethod of field survey of ethnology and the historical literature research to investigatethe relationship between Yao Nationality and Han Nationality in the North ofGuangdong Province during the Period of the Republic of China, ranging from thegeographical, population distribution and economy, society, culture and other aspects.The author claims that relation between the two groups has made great developmentduring the Period of the Republic of China. Due to the fact that Han Nationality has apowerful impact on Yao Nationality, Yao Nationality heavily depends on the HanNationality in aspect of economy, however, due to the region where Yao Nationalityand Han Nationality live is relatively complex, and their social relations is notintimate enough, Yao Nationality still remains some unique characteristics.This article is divided into four chapters, aiming at illustrating regional andpopulation distribution, economic relation, social and cultural relations as well as thecharacteristics and causes of the two nationalities’ relation during the Period of theRepublic of China in the North of Guangdong Province.The first chapter mainly discusses Yao Nationality and Han Nationality in theNorth of Guangdong Province, including geographical information, populationdistribution and characteristics of the two sections. We discovery that thegeographical distribution has the following characteristics: ladder-like distributionjudging from the terrain; scattered according to the internal situation of YaoNationality; denser according to the internal situation of Han Nationality. As to thepopulation distribution, there is a huge difference between the two groups in aspectsof increasing rate, the amount of people and the length of lives.Chapter ii describes the economic relationship between the two groups in aspectsof sphere of production, circulation of commodities and distribution of goods. It’squite true that economic exchange is one of the most effective communications thatcan enhance their relations and it’s also the basis of their social and cultural relations.Chapter iii elaborates the relationship in the aspects of its social tradition (including marriage, ren tong nian, ai huo ji and adoption) and of culture relation(including clothing, language, medical and education). From clothing, language,healthcare, education and other aspects, we discuss the culture relation between YaoNationality and Han Nationality. In view of the social culture relationship betweenYao Nationality and Han Nationality is complex, and the content is numerous, weonly select the above several representative aspects discussed. Marriage in differentways between the two Nationalities has directly enhanced mutual understanding andreliance, while civil medication has strengthened the artistic exchanges and friendlymutual assistance, education is always good to promote the Cultural Exchange.The fourth chapter is the analysis and summary of former three chapters’ content.In the end, the author think that there are four characteristics in the relationshipbetween Yao Nationality and Han Nationality in the North of Guangdong Provinceduring the Period of the Republic of China: firstly, Han nationality’s influence on YaoNationality is bigger than that of Yao Nationality on Han Nationality; secondly, theyequally meet the demand of each other’s; thirdly, there are less social and culturalexchanges between Han and Yao; fourthly, their relationship is friendly rather thanhatred. Based on this, the author analysis the positive factors and negative factors thataffect the relationship between Yao Nationality and Han Nationality.The innovation points of this paper lie in three parts: the investigation of thedistribution of Yao and Han Nationalities in the North of Guangdong Province and theuse of Quantitative Analysis is an innovation; the new perspective of economy ratherthan political perspective can objectively reflects the economical relationship betweenthe two nationalities; the analysis of the characteristic and its causes makes it clearthat the relationship is harmonious.