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The Folklore Research Of Cow Culture Of Zhuang

Posted on:2016-07-22Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M N GeFull Text:PDF
GTID:2285330461964716Subject:Chinese Ethnic Language and Literature
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The cow’s worship is the microcosm of rice life and totem worship about Zhuang’s people in the southwest of Guangxi, it has full-bodied local flavor. It regards entertainment gods as the main content, it is also the cultural elements collection of folk customs, history, religion, art, business. Cow’s worship ceremony has the function of spiritual solace, community integration, entertainment, group aggregation, cultural transmission etc, widespread mass base and profound historical accumulation make it circulate to today.Cow’s worship ceremony infiltrates the values and outlook of Zhuang’s people which come from daily life, it bases on the thought “all things have spirit”. In the chain of formation, development and deduction, influenced by the native and foreign culture, the cow’s worship ceremony in Zhuang’s area become mature and perfect.However, as the society’s progress and the science’s development, cow culture loses its way in the fast pace of social development, maybe it couldn’t get rid of the fate of disappearance. The author’s research is a memory of original cow worship of Zhuang’s people, it is also a song for cow culture of Zhuang which would disappear.
Keywords/Search Tags:Zhuang, Cow culture, Folklore study
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