Research On The Inheritance Of Clan Concept Of Zaotang Village In The Funeral Customs

The clan is composed of many small families,many small families form houses and branches,and eventually formed the whole clan,the activities within the family became the basis of clan activities,the clan concept is the internal driving force of clan activities.Funeral is one of the important contents of family and clan activities.The concept of clan is always guiding the behavioral norms of people in funeral customs,affecting people's value orientation,and there is actually a kind of concomitant relationship between clan concept and funeral customs.The paper is based on the case of Zaotang village in Longyang District,Baoshan City,Yunnan province,through the study of the funeral customs of the village,the present situation of the inheritance of the clan concept in the funeral customs,combs the function of clan concept in the funeral customs and tries to discuss the practical significance of clan concept in maintaining the social stability of rural areas,strengthening the identity of blood relationship and creating a harmonious society in the period of village cultural transformation.In order to clarify the inheritance of the clan concept in the funeral customs,the thesis is divided into five parts.The introduction part of the current domestic and foreign academic community in the clan culture and funeral customs research results were systematically combed,this part demonstrates the existence of academic space in this field of study and the feasibility of this topic,and explains the research origin of the paper,the theoretical significance of the study,the practical significance and the related methods.The first chapter mainly defines the concept of clan,to sort out and extract the cultural connotation of the rural clan concept,and it is believed that the cultural connotation of the rural clan concept mainly includes the six aspects of the concept of blood generation,the idea of patriotism,the concept of commemorative mission,the concept of filial piety,the concept of courtesy and the local concept.The second chapter is based on the local literature and field survey data,the geographical environment and the social history of the humanities and the funeral traditions of the Zaotang village are deeply drawn to try to present the original appearance of the funeral customs in traditional villages of Yunnan.The third chapter mainly analyzes the inheritance of clan concept in the funeralcustoms,focuses on the mutual relationship between the concept of clan and the funeral customs from the three aspects of the inheritance subject,the inheritance content and the inheritance way,and digs deeper into the funeral customs implied in the deep cultural connotation.The fourth chapter mainly discusses the function of the concept of clan in the funeral custom of Zaotang village,including: the expression and satisfaction of emotion,the cooperation and support of clan,the integration and identity of cultural concept and the establishment and strengthening of clan authority.The fifth chapter analyzes the development trend of the rural clan concept in the contemporary society and its cause,and discusses the existence value of clan concept in contemporary society.