Research On The Diet And Marriage And Funeral Customs Of Li Nationality Society In The Republic Of China Era

Diet and marriage and funeral customs are important component of Li Nationality folk culture. Society of Li Nationality in the Republic of China era is located at the transition period from close and isolation to openness and integration. The diet and marriage and funeral customs keep thick traditional color. Meanwhile, with the intensification of the impact of external environment and the further reinforcement of association between Han Nationality and Li Nationality, unconscious deep changes take place in part of regions for diet and marriage and funeral customs of Li Nationality and forms unique characteristic custom culture. The paper uses the relative theories and methods of history, folklore and sociology to expound diet, marriage and funeral customs of Li Nationality Society in the Republic of China era. It focuses on horizontal contrast analysis of custom differences existed in the society of Li Nationality and discusses the reason for development evolution and regional differences of diet and marriage and funeral customs of Li Nationality in the Republic of China era.The paper has six parts:The introduction mainly introduces the origin of subject and research value. It reviews the research status that predecessors carry out in relation with the subject, lists the adopted theories and methods in this research and expounds the innovation points of this paper.Chapter 1 mainly discusses the diet custom of Li Nationality society in the Republic of China era. It makes discussion and analysis from social main crops and production mode, the type of food, eating mode, diet appliance and diet habit and so on and expounds the specific circumstance and characteristic of diet custom of Li Nationality in the Republic of China era.Chapter 2 mainly discusses the marriage custom of Li Nationality society in the Republic of China era. It expounds marital pattern, intermarriage scope, marriage form and age, discusses the whole process from love affair to marriage particularly and introduces special marriage custom and habit and removal method of marital relations and so on existed in Li Nationality Society in the Republic of China era.Chapter 3 mainly discusses the funeral custom of Li Nationality society in the Republic of China era. It discusses the relation between funeral custom and natural environment and the whole process of funeral ceremony, summarizes main characteristics of funeral custom of Li Nationality in the Republic of China era and expounds the taboo custom and culture connotation in funeral of Li Nationality in the Republic of China era.Chapter 4 summarizes the characteristics of social diet and marriage and funeral customs of Li Nationality in the Republic of China era from six aspects.In the final conclusion part, it analyzes the relation between diet, marriage and funeral customs and social progress of Li Nationality in the Republic of China era.