"Zhi Ke" In The Village:Role-playing And Functional Analysis

"Zhi Ke" is a special folk groups in the valley of the Huai he River. As the village elite,"Zhi Ke" help villagers apply for weddings and funerals, family disputes, participation in rural public affairs, contribute their efforts for the villagers. Moreover, in a ceremony presided over weddings and funerals, Zhi Ke "who featured the local folk rituals and folk culture show in people’s vision, it is important to spread and protect the rural culture and customs. This article will point Xu Ying village as fieldwork, combing through the existing literature, relying on in-depth interviews, participant observation and participation in the field of small seminars method village life, the author observed,"Zhi Ke" presided over the wedding of the entire process, a complete record of the "Zhi Ke "content of the work, get first-hand information. Carrying out a full investigation of the foundation, the author analyzes the "Zhi Ke" of Xu Ying village role to play in rural and public affairs functions.This paper is divided into five chapters, the first chapter is the introduction, this paper describes the topic sources, research methods, significance and status quo. The second chapter provides an overview of the village of Xu Ying. Xu Ying village several aspects including location, historical origins, economic and cultural conditions, family structure, and the village folk life, in-depth understanding of the "Zhi Ke ’living environment. The third chapter is the main part of this paper is to investigate the case of "Zhi Ke" conducted. In this section introduces the "Zhi Ke" the origin and development process. Then introduces several "Zhi Ke, and interviewed some of the villagers view. Detailed language introduced by the author to follow a" Xu Ying Zhi Ke village "to participate in the wedding event live events, as well as" Zhi Ke "has presided over the introduction to the author funeral general content. The fourth chapter is the analysis of this article. Combined with literature data and field survey data, the "Zhi Ke" doing role plays and discussed from the perspective of functional analysis, analysis of the multiple roles of "Zhi Ke" in rural society and plays a variety of ceremonial activities, as well as how to play the function. The fifth chapter is the conclusion of this article, this section with a brief summary of the first four chapters of description and analysis, and analysis of the "Zhi Ke" its way out of the problems, although there are some problems, but still positive for the villagers services to solve the various problems encountered in village life, and promote the development of the village folk, coordination between the parties in rural areas, need to get the attention and support of all parties.