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Same Birth Different Oral Literature Of Zhuang And Li Sample

Posted on:2014-12-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2255330401974273Subject:Literature and art
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Both Zhuang people and Li people are the same original ethnic group; they have similar aesthetic psychology, taste and form. Tracing to the source, the common view is that both Zhuang people and Li people belong to ancient Baiyue Minority. In the process of historical evolution, Zhuang people’s and Li people’s oral literatures handed down generation after generation. According to them, we can know that these two minorities have cultural accumulation with centuries-old history.In their oral literatures, Thor plays an important role. Though experiencing the changes of time and history, the status of Thor is the same in the heart of the people. The main aim of this paper is to prove that Zhuang people and Li people rooted from the same origin, based on the collected oral literatures about Thor, the data of archaeological sites and sacrificial ceremonies, and comparative study of similarities and differences of Thor, behalf of the Grandmother Worship.Part1:Collected the research of previous work, analyzed the origin of Baiyue Minority, Zhuang people’s and Li people’s ethnic origin, and clarified the development vein of Zhuang people and Li people, which are the branches of Baiyue Minority.Part2:Stated that in ancient times, Thor is the worship target of these two minorities. Until now, we can realize the Thor worship, according to the materials of archaeological sites, oral literature, sacrificial ceremonies and related custom.Part3:Analyzed the Thor, on behalf of Grandmother Worship, in the oral literatures of Zhuang people and Li people. In the beginning, discussed early Thor worship and the social formation and sexual relations of that moment, on the basis of similar common sayings; secondly, from their old tales about anthropogenesis, inferred they both had the stage of matriarchal clan society and Goddess worship in ancient age, analyzed the process of decline of Grandmother Worship, and concluded the influence of prehistoric Goddess worship on current lifestyle, culture and aesthetics of Zhuang people and Li people.Part4:concluded that Zhuang people and Li people had many truly general characters, on the basis of oral literature of Thor-Grandmother Worship. They have the same ethnic origin can be proved by the oral literature of Thor-Grandmother Worship.
Keywords/Search Tags:Oral Literature, Thor-Grandmother Worship, Zhuang, Li
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