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A Study On The Culture Of Sacrifice Of The Moon At Mid-Autumn Festival In The Hexi Corridor From The Perspective Of Multiple Minzu

Posted on:2018-03-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:B C XuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330515494116Subject:Ethnology
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This article is about studies on the the Mid-Autumn Festival culture of Minzu regions in Hexi Corridor.Guided by the theory of Cultural Functionalism,this article studies the festival culture of the ethnic minorities in the Hexi Corridor as a whole.Through the analysis of the data that collected by field investigation,recording the process of sacrifice of the moon in the detail,interpreting the symbolic meaning of it,elaborating the connotation of multiple Minzu's culture in the Hexi Corridor.Through the comparison of different Minzu and different regions in Hexi Corridor,summarizing the commonness and distribution of the culture of sacrifice of the moon in the Hexi Corridor.At the same time,the article also analyzes the present social function of the big moon cake which is used in the different scenes of the sacrifice of the moon.This paper mainly includes four chapters.The first two chapters explains the overall environment of the Minzu culture through a summary of the natural water deficient environment and multiple cultural environment in the Hexi Corridor,second-half expounds the similarities and differences between the Minzu festival culture in Hexi Corridor and other areas,through the historical change of China's Mid-Autumn Festival and the introduction of contemporary customs.The second chapter is a detailed description of the Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony in different regions of the Hexi Corridor,interpreting the symbolic meaning of sacrifice on this basis,and describing zonal distribution of the festival culture in the Hexi Corridor.The third chapter is an analysis of the Hexi Corridor festival culture's social functions.It considers the mobile moon cakes which have different functions in different scenarios as Mid-Autumn festival gift,It is so called 'amuse gods' that Moon cake were flowed between man and God,and thus can comfort psychology.On the other hand,moon cake were flowed between people and people is called'amuse people',that can construct network of social relations.The fourth chapter is about festival culture's change in the Hexi Corridor,discussing the causes and influence of the loss of traditional village culture,considering how to inherit the traditional festival culture.Conclusion has been analyzed similarities and differences of sacrifice of the moon in Hexi Corridor from the perspective of diversity in unity of a multi-Minzu country.
Keywords/Search Tags:Hexi Corridor, multi-Minzu, sacrifice of the moon, gift
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