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The Culture Connotation Analysis On Village Spring Festival Customs

Posted on:2013-08-30Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y TangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2247330371999354Subject:Folklore
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China is a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural country, Especially in the economic globalization nowdays, people have a more profound understanding of on the traditional cultural value,The Spring Festival as a large sections such folk, people pay more and more attention to it. Keeping the different nationalities, different regional culture character can ensure that the cultural diversity of the world. With the characteristics of regional folk, that is to say, Any kind of folk have a certain space. This is the geographical or local characteristics of folk customs. It is also the regional characteristics of folk custom, decides the folk custom differences. Therefore, the Spring Festival folk exits all over the country, but in Tongcheng, there are something special compare with other places. We can also be a snapshot from how the Chinese people spend the Spring Festival from Tongcheng’s example. Traditional folk custom in the Spring Festival form has changed a lot both in form and meaning according to the influence of the morden society. The purpose of this study is not only to give people a present unique of Tongcheng folk common picture scroll, but also explain these customs behind the cultural connotation, and Explore the occurrence of development and change rules, expressions and meaningness.This paper is common in rural Tongcheng as a case study. Throughing the observation and participatory interview way. Using the folklore,anthropology, religion, and other relevant knowledge to the common appeared in a series of symbols on the reading. To reveal its culture connotation.This paper starting from three stages. Earlier, the author adopts literature method, As far as possible the collecting and literature. Due to the geographical location, historical evolution, the local conditions and customs situation is roughly understanding. Lay a good foundation for writing the paper. The second stage, the author use the field investigation, further to the villagers’ home, watch them state of the Chinese New Year, and make some conversation with old people for some disappeared folk. Based on this, the author describes the details of the three stages of spring festival----reparing, spending, ending to make this report. The last stage. The process of the Spring Festival after deep draw, the author select material life level in common in the symbol of reading, including the food and the Spring Festival couplet sacrifice, and so on. From the society life stage, this paper mainly from the ceremony and the worship their ancestors during the Spring Festival in the temple fair thoroughly to discuss the ceremony of the meaning and folk beliefs, and then rise to the interpretation of the spiritual level.
Keywords/Search Tags:Tongcheng countryside, folk of spring festival, symbolic meaning, culture meaning
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