There’s The "Tao" In Rice:the Research Of Dong Glutinous Rice Culture

Rice culture refers to people depending on the source of livelihood for rice planting, to provide for the related culture and spiritual culture.It is planting rice and producing a series of material, system and spirit the sum total of cultural phenomenon. In recent years, the study of rice mainly around the material level and system level, including the technology of rice planting, agricultural tools, and farming system.From the perspective of cultural anthropology to study their culture are much rarer, glutinous rice behind the national cultural spirit and national identity is worth exploring. In Sanjiang dong autonomous county of Guangxi the Che Zhai village of glutinous rice culture as the study case, a comprehensive systematic cultural phenomenon in glutinous rice planting and its derivatives are discussed in this paper, the key analysis waxy culture present in the material production and in different symbolic meaning of the life rituals situations as well as the national symbol of identity, the text is divided into six chapters:The first chapter is introduction, mainly the cause of the thesis writing, purpose and literature review, methods, significance and an overview of the infested. For dong rice culture, few scholars from the Angle of glutinous rice, analyzes dong system and spiritual essence of society.This article is starting from the perspective of cultural anthropology, this paper is derived by glutinous rice culture connotation, spy on dong people’s outlook on life and world view.The second chapter is the main analysis of material in the production of waxy culture. Description of dong glutinous rice production, introducing how to choose rice, as well as in the field of agricultural administration practice, according to the amount of glutinous rice quantity after harvest, choose a way of drying. At the same time the development of dong rice-fish ecological agriculture system is the characteristic agriculture pattern of dong, making full use of the natural conditions such as water and light, to manifest the people pursuing a kind of person and nature harmonious view of the world, so in this section, presenting the natural and biological properties of "rice".The third chapter is mainly discussing glutinous rice application in daily life. First of all, the straw has different use value, playing an important role in people’s life; Secondly, glutinous rice with different roles in life, such as glutinous rice powder is made of cloth shoes binding and medical value of glutinous rice; Finally, glutinous rice has different meaning.Through the understanding of the biological of various food crops and their ecological relationships with people in the daily life. Making food has all kinds of social value and cultural significance.The fourth chapter mainly discusses the glutinous rice in the application of the life. Glutinous rice is the necessities in life.To live a better life, they pray to the evil.In religious worship and ancestor worship, glutinous rice is essential.lt is the medium of communication with the gods.Glutinous rice is used to seek the interests of the reality, but also to navigate life dangerous period, and to restore to the normal social order; In agricultural society, people from a subjective change nature society, create favorable conditions of glutinous rice production, the hope can be solved by drought and the difficulty of agricultural crops, in order to obtain good harvest, the valley of worship god and ancestors, and at the age of some agricultural festival custom, they are both ceremony performance, is also the local traditional festivals.The fifth chapter mainly discusses the national symbol of waxy culture. Glutinous rice as characterization of dong folk identity, imagination, glutinous rice has became a social order in different situations, especially with other nations.Through the medium of glutinous rice,expolring their national culture identity, diping a symbol of identity; With other ethnic differences in lifestyle, mainly reflecting different sets of rice culture and the way of thinking and world view; Along the boundary of the identification of significant signs is raw and cooked glutinous rice,glutinous rice in the form of two different forms, has different meanings in the ceremony; At the feast, glutinous rice is as a gift and the circulation right now of contacting relationships; glutinous rice influences people such as what is good and not is delicious.Glutinous rice was given some social metaphor, it mostly influences ethnic identity and social values.The sixth chapter is the conclusion part, on the basis of summing up the text, draw an ecological agricultural model of sustainable development to be constructed in the people, man and nature and the harmony of human and social basis. Dong combines traditional rice culture, further summarized the important role of glutinous rice in the Dong people’s worldly life and sacred occasions, it follows in the Dong cultural context, both grain glutinous substance carrier, is the core symbol. Also discussed under the impact of modern multiculturalism, how to protect traditional culture and heritage of ethnic problems.Everyday life is inseparable from glutinous food.Rice in a villager’s life is not just food, is also a multi-cultural carrier, which reflects the farming culture of the Dong various aspects, playing an important role in the social life. Glutinous rice is constructed on the basis of the Dong a harmony between man and nature.Starting from the perspective of anthropology, to discuss how to explore the culture of Dong waxy cosmology, the national spirit and identity.