The Tradition Of "Calling The Soul" In Meng Village Of Yongren County Of Lipo Ethnic Group

The concept to the soul has been long studied. The ritual ceremony and activity on the soul is listed as the subject of anthropology. The in-depth study makes the ritual ceremony on the soul more meaningful and more remarkable.The study focuses on the tradition of Calling the Soul in Meng village Yongren county among Lipo minority basing on the folk research.The tradition of Calling the Soul originates from the spiritual concept of Yi minority in Meng village,which is an embodiment of the traditional culture of this minority in this area. It is believed by Lipo Meng villagers that there are three souls in human being. One soul always stay with the body, one soul stays with the ancestors. One soul is wandering between the heaven and the hell. The soul could be easily lost and the absence of any of the three souls could lead to sickness and even death. It is believed by Lipo people that it is normal to lose the soul and call it back to recover the health and save the life, which composes of the tradition of calling the soul among Lipo people. The author discusses from the stance of tradition as well as the relationship to the social systems in order to analyze its meaning on the Lipo people and Lipo community.This argument is divided into4parts to clarify this tradition.The first part is the introduction which is concerning on the idea of this subject,on the meaning of the argument, on the folk activity to display the content of this argument. The introduction to the folk activity on the belief in the production activity and daily life makes good preparation to further explain the following words.The second part is about the types and current situation on the calling soul in Meng village among Lipo minority. The article discusses the current situation of calling the soul by analyzing two aspects:the attention on the live and the commemoration the dead. In order to better illustrate the influence on the daily life by the tradition of calling the soul the argument displays the three-soul concept by offering many specific examples.At the same time,the argument discusses various ceremonies of calling the soul in daily life of Meng village to demonstrates its popularity and acknowledgement and belief.The third part is about the social development of Calling the Soul The existence of calling the soul is demonstrated by studying the development and changes of this tradition in Meng villageThe fourth part of this argument is about the meaning of calling the soul in Meng village of Lipo community. The chapter discusses the concerning community system of or ization related to calling the soul to better display the theme of the argument.It first analyzes the meaning of the development of calling the soul. Secondly, it discusses the attitude to sickness by observing the relationship between the sick and the doctor Thirdly, it discusses the impact and affect to Meng village by observing the confrontation between the tradition of calling the soul and out-coming religion. Fourthly, it illustrates the impact to the tradition by comparing the tradition and the social activity criteria.The purpose of this part is to discuss the meaning of Calling the Soul to Lipo people and to its communityEnding words:The tradition of Calling the Soul embodies the concept to the soul of Lipo people in Meng village. it demonstrates the understanding to the sikness,to the community culture,to the family and to the community order. Calling the Soul plays indispensable part in the role of recovering the health and maintaining the stability and harmony of family and community.