Study On The Social Function Of Naxi Dongba Medicine Culture

Research purposes: the naxi dongba medicine is living in the northwestyunnan plateau naxi from generation to generation for the nationalprevention cure of traditional medicine, it contains the naxi ancestorsto nature, life, disease, health problems, such as thinking. Comparedwith religion, language, customs and other naxi dongba culture researchhotspot, study of medicine culture is still relatively weak, the studyof its social function is limited. So, strengthen the naxi dongba medicineculture research, to expand and deepen the naxi dongba culture studyis very necessary.Research methods: in the early compiled on the basis of a large numberof literature material, topic selection of shangri-la county three naxivillage as the field of dam site. Three dam naxi village, located inthe southeast of shangri-la county, east of haba snow mountain, withDongBa, three piece of uneven ground, khabarov bazi. Entire town totalpopulation of18582people (2012), inhabited by the naxi, han, hui, yi,lisu, six indigenous Tibetan people and other11kinds of people. Subjectand combining with the dam of the naxi history, natural and humanenvironment, in an atmosphere of multi-ethnic, multi-cultural discussesthe social function of the naxi dongba medicine culture.During field research, collect some documents; Investigating in dongba,the public and the medical staff and local scholars; Participate in localPeople’s Daily life and production work, and festivals. Focus is through the field investigation, field understand medical culture in the localhistory and heritage, development and present situation, enrich and earlyliterature evidence analysis results.Research results: naxi dongba medicine culture has a long historyand strong geographic and ethnic characteristics. First of all, it isthe naxi ancestors with natural struggle, disease experience summaryof wisdom; Second, it is the fruit of naxi and other surrounding nationalexchange learning; Moreover, the formation of its influenced by religiousand other naxi dongba culture is deeper. Naxi dongba medicine is derivedfrom the naxi people’s social life, in the process of social developmentof the naxi nationality has important social function.Research conclusions: the comprehensive analysis of the literatureand field survey data, naxi dongba medicine culture has a social functionof the following five aspects: text creation and records, inheritance,condensation, enlightenment, the adjustment function. Specifically: withmedical knowledge as an opportunity to account related to the initiativeof the naxi pictographs; By blending with medicine, religion, history,folklore and other naxi culture was again record and inheritance; Enhancenational cohesion; Enlightenment of naxi cultural literacy, healthconsciousness, which affect their view of life and death attitude andclinical behavior; Adjustment between human beings and nature, andpromote the harmony of man and nature; Adjust the relationship of thepeople, promote the national internal harmony and stability; Adjustmentbetween the naxi nationality and the surrounding relation, promoteharmony between the multinational.