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To See A World In A Flower:Studies On Metaphor And Faith Of The Word "Flower" In Zhuang’s Culture

Posted on:2017-02-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C PengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2295330488973748Subject:Chinese Ethnic Language and Literature
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Flowers are an important part of nature, with its unique shape and biological properties of human highly favored, was given a wide range of meaning and significance. Unique flower shape structure having beauty, variety of colors add more of its unique charm, combined with charming fragrance under the human associative thinking, flowers and women associated with countless established. Flower in Zhuang is concerned, not only with women is closely related, but the entire nation are inseparable; a plant not only nature, but also to create a civilization of their hearts mother.Many Zhuang population, has a long history in the development process in the entire nation, which runs through the flowers. In the Zhuang people, the flower is not only a physical, but also a metaphor, a symbol, metaphor and symbolism behind, is the Zhuang people spend faith. Origin of mankind, contact illness and death, individual life and other living individual life between these major issues in the culture of Zhuang and flowers are closely linked. From the Field to the different and Zhuang about "flower" culture analyzed, and plant flowers from the most fundamental features of the natural attributes, image and meaning to the literary works of flowers, not only ancient mythology, but also includes modern folk Ballads. Then life is an important ceremony in the Field, each ritual is spent analyzing the role and functions of meaning, to explain its symbolic meaning in the context of anthropology. Finally, on this basis, the formation of a unified understanding of the whole culture of the Zhuang flower meaning and spiritual core.Zhuang left behind a valuable asset, it is its vivid and rich folk. Folk songs sung by generations of history so far, the wisdom of living of working people are also rich in them. Zhuang folk songs significance spent quite good, flowers are beloved object, is pure, enduring love, is the passage of precious time. Birth, marriage, death is the most important of the traditional sense of the three stages of life, along with the three stages of a series of rituals. Rite of passage, only over life, have a threshold exists, bridges seeking flowers, send strap establishment Huapo tablets, ask flowers, flowers also die from Mother rituals are inseparable from flowers, which plays an important spending connectivity and symbolic function. From the perspective of anthropological study, spent Zhuang rituals and culture at a historic symbol of maturity, it is a symbol of reproduction, a symbol of power, its development and classification of transmutation and both have rich symbolism. Whether it is nature, literature, anthropology or ceremony, flowers have their different characteristics, and its interpretation is deep cultural connotation and concept of the universe is connected life.This article demonstrates the logical order that is described above, from the analysis of specific different contexts, from shallow to deep layers of depth. Argument is based on material mostly from the literature, by sorting, comparing, summarizing, synthesizing methods, in order from the natural world to the literary context and then ritual context, anthropological context, to explore the Meaning of Zhuang nationality in flower. However, the difference can not be subject classification of contextual integrity of a separate matter, the flower is its numerous cultural interpretation of the interpretation of the source, but also to include the final.
Keywords/Search Tags:Muliujia, flora faith, metaphor, symbol
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