The Cultural Interpretation Of "Draw Lots" Ceremony

"Draw lots"ceremony continues for thousands of years as an unique Chinese customs. The research of customs has been the focus of attention of anthropologists. Anthropologists have always been trying to explore the derivation and development of the culture of a certain district. An individual custom is a specific research object."Draw lots"ceremony is among the many distinguishing customs around Guangde districts. This article seeks to describe "Draw lots" ceremony in all aspects, stating the inherent cultural traits and the core of the "Draw lots"ceremony so as to provide us a more rational attitude to treat the customs around us.The first chapter describes the status quo of the reseach on "Draw lots" ceremony, analyzes the research methodology and significance of it, and gives the related definition of some specific ideas. In Chapters Ⅱ and Ⅲ, this article the Guangde caught Zhou ceremony were "thick description", a detailed description of the grasp of the content of the week. A makes detailed description of the "Draw lots"ceremony in Guangde districts with a particular description of the "Draw lots" process, providing a good custom sample. Chapter IV gives a specific analysis of the social functions from the "Draw lots"ceremony in a social anthropology perspective, stating the effects and structures of the "Draw lots"ceremony in the perspective of social anthropology., social function of grasping weeks, described in the perspective of social anthropology grasp week ceremony and structure. Symbol grasp In chapter5, this article expains the symbols in "Draw lots"ceremony and analyzes the profound culture meaning from the cultural anthropology perspective. In Chapter6, the article analyzes the "Draw lots"ceremony in a dynamic way, thus it treats the evolution of the customs in a developmental view, clarifying the relationship between customs and the times.