Study On The Ritual Space Of Hani People’s House Building

The Hani people are one of the ethnic minorities unique to Yunnan and have a large number of branches.Due to multiple reasons such as history,the names of their various branches are not the same.Distributed in Xishuangbanna,Puer City of Lancang County,Menglian County and overseas Myanmar,Thailand,Laos and other countries of the world,Hani people more self-proclaimed as "Yaniran" or "Akaran".After 1950,it usually called this Hani branch as "Aka",also as "Aini" or "Aini" and so on,which gradually evolved into the formally name in domestic,blending with self-claimed and other person’s claimed.The traditional housing of the Aka people has distinct regional and national characteristics,which embodies the wisdom and deep national culture of the village-building.In the wave of globalization and modernization,there has been a new tendency in housing,style,space,etc.,while the ceremony and habit of building houses condensed in housing entities have been relatively inherited stable.The building ceremony is not only a means for Aka to construct themselves and integrate into society,but also an important link for them to maintain the relationship between people and the god.Since the 1980 s,“space” has become an important part of the theoretical change of the humanities and social sciences.It has introduced the spatial perspective into the study of Aka people’s building rituals,and investigated the Aka housing entities,social relations and spiritual beliefs.The construction of the ritual space has become an effective means for us to better understand the Aka society.Therefore,this article selects the Shuihe Xinzhai as the field point in the village of Grandpa and Hani in the Menghai County of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture.Based on the introduction of the three basic conditions of building a family and the layout of the three old and new courtyards,the holistic record of the construction ceremony of the new construction of the Shuihe Xinzhai Village will be described through dictation records and on-site participation,for example,moving,sacrificing foundations,pillars,fire pits and New house ceremony.From a spatial perspective,we will interpret the ceremonial physical space from both the layout and the path,and analyze the ritual social space from the joint performances of the internal and external members,and the "human ghost" space and "security" and "danger" The psychological space created the ceremonial spiritual space for the Aka.Based on the analysis of the physics,social,and spiritual space construction of the “three-person” building rites,the interpretation of the characteristics of each space in the building ceremony,namely the change of the ritual physical space,the relative stability of the ritual society and the spiritual space,and the efforts to explore the spatial characteristics of the ceremonies reasons.Finally,this article talks about the significance of the physical space change in the building ceremony for the improvement of the living environment of the Akas.The social stability of the building ceremonies and the meaning of relatively stable spiritual space of the ceremonies and the traditional cultural heritage of the Aka people,the identity of ethnic cultures,and the balance of space circulation.