Ecological Anthropology Study On The Lacauer Tree And The Nu Society

The plant produces the vital oxygen for the human being. But also provide us the food and the clothes. The ralationship between the plant and human is a research emphasis of Anthropology, Especially in Ecological Anthropology. Chinese people have a long history of planting and utilizing the lacquer tree. In modern times, the lacquer tree had begun to the silencer seek traces in the most parts of China. But in the Nu people who live in the southwest of China still keep planting and utilizing the lacquer tree through the collecting the raw lacquer, cooking the Lacquer oil and using the lacquer tree lumber. From the traditional culture of Nu people, the lacquer tree has a close bond to the Sactifice, the view of life and death and traditional medicine of Nu people. According to the planting and utilizing of the lacquer tree and Nu culture, the lacquer tree plays a big role of the construction of the Nu society. In the cross-cultural comparison, we could find the planting and utilizing the lacquer tree of Nu people is not a solitary phenomenon, but the close contact to the Han people. As for the appeal of how to "Save the Chinese lacquer culture" from the research field of the lacquer tree, based on the ancient Chinese word "where to find the lost Ceremony (or culture) is from the field, now from the minority", might be get the answer from the planting and utilizing the lacquer tree of Nu people.