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Ritual Performance And The Collective Memory Of Hakka Dragon Boat Race In Pond

Posted on:2015-10-25Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330422975715Subject:Folklore
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Clan is due to social system in the history of a race and form, due to the social environmentand economic reasons, close and orderly, with blood relationship as the link of the economic andcultural community. The clan system is one of the most important traditional Chinese society atthe grass-roots level management mode, it is people’s self-control, don’t need the government tospend money, is a low cost way of management at the grass-roots level, basically can be called"grass-roots social autonomy". Has the rich production, a forest of ancestral temple, ancestral hallwill be primarily clan organizations, in a race, and ancestor worship activities, etc.; Also havepeople abide by the local rules, and the room, the clan of the fission, centered on family room long,class of intangible characteristics of clan ancestral hall management the propagandist.In the contemporary society, because of the different social system, cultural policy change inprogress, the clan of the Chinese society experienced larger vibration, clan society function alsohas changed a lot. Is back now, clan base’s self-government stage, more and more become thecarrier of farmers’ interest expression and export, can help to meet the needs of farmers in theurban and rural duality psychological unbalance value demand, to express the heart of this,promoting economic mutual cooperation between the people and solve the problem of difficultvillage governance. Distinctive clan folk activities is a clan to an important social interaction andthe carrier of function display.In history is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the traditional culture increasinglytoday, the attention to the spiritual identity, cultural consciousness, and through culturalpropaganda and extension of economy demands, around raised a hot wave of restoring localtraditional folk customs. By giving its unique deep cultural connotation, with a massivepropaganda, in a national event, so as to achieve the psychological, cultural and economicdemands. Propaganda requires stunt, stunt but is not necessarily the real focus of all kinds of thefolk activities of the propaganda activity, once the participation of outsiders, and view, the folkcustom activity, the original owners of the all and the participation main body will unconsciouslybecome performers, hopes to outsiders show more excellent perfect folk activities, to be sure, toachieve the inner or cultural or economic demands. In the function of this change, not all folkcustoms can be fine its own historical reproductivity, uniqueness, culture, local people also can notkeep to their own traditional folk activity with gratitude, for god to strengthen internal clan societyharmonious culture and spiritual pursuit, people in their native traditional folk activities also cannot keep its historical mission sense of responsibility and sense of belonging. In such folkactivities, performing and folk activities in the community about the social function of the unity ofharmony and people through a cultural heritage of folk activities will have unconsciously betweengame. Which is light, the image of specific this reality and historic has a very important influence.Is located in jiangxi province Long Naxian Yang Cun clan as the main structure of the unit,the surname Lai Shi to the main village, the villagers gathered in the family, there are strict clanorganizations, their precious clans, the majesty of the clan ancestral hall and frequent ritualactivities, as a basic structural unit of rural society, clan unity progress is important in thedevelopment of rural areas and harmony, social factors. As a basic structure unit of rural society,the clan unity progress is important in the development of rural areas and harmony, social factors.This article selects Yang Cun clan and its important annual folk customs "dragon pond" as the research object, through to the jiangxi longnan Yang Cun Lai Shi to belief in the dragon as themain body, the pond dragon boat racing in500as the cultural publicity stunt of taiping fort in theDragon Boat Festival the formation process of the clan structure, organization, characteristics,development and function extension, and the reference to the clan members through analyzing thepsychological demands, elaboration contemporary folk custom activity performing and culture,and culture, the game relation between economic interest and its historic. Try to explore thechanges of the process, the southern clans folk historical and realistic significance, and putsforward the opinions of the continuation and development of clan culture and advice. By YangCun and Yang Cun Lai Shi description of development, as well as the origin of folk legends andcontemporary records analysis in the whole process of the Dragon Boat Festival, taiping fortperforming its cultural characteristic of Dragon Boat Festival, the cultural economy demands tonebetween historic conflict, is not a reciprocal relationship, and complement each other, andcoordinated development. Local community elite wise by raising its cultural and historic folkcustom activity itself performing not strong by cure method to increase the attractiveness of thefolk activities, so as to complete the folk activities in the contemporary society culture economydemands. An attempt to analyze through the description of the taiping fort Dragon Boat Festival isthe research of other scholars to provide a small material, to provide a reference for other folkactivities and learn example.
Keywords/Search Tags:Dragon Boat Race, pond, ritual performances, collective memory
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