| Marriage culture is the epitome of the development of an ethnic group or a region.The historical development of an ethnic group or a region can be better understood through the study on marriage culture.The marriage customs of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity constitutes an important part of the folk-custom culture of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity.The marriage customs of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity form from specific historical conditions,and change with the development process of Gelo ethnicity.Since 1980 s,with the deepening of the reform and opening-up policy and social transformation,traditional marriage customs of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity changed a lot.Due to the influence of the surrounding ethnic groups and the impact of external culture,the former marriages within the ethnicity branch began to change to ethnic intermarriage,and their marriage circle gradually expanded.The former marriage customs,such as marriage between cousins and early marriage,disappeared with social development.Now,the marriage customs of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity not only have their unique characteristics,but also integrate other ethnic groups' characteristics and show strong vitality of keeping tradition.According to the materials recording the marriage customs of Gelo ethnicity and the previous studies related to the marriage customs of Gelo ethnicity,the thesis describes traditional marriage customs of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity and analyzes the change of the marriage customs of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity,and points out the causes and characteristics of the change of the marriage customs of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity through the field investigation on Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity village,Gaofeng town,the New Area between Guiyang and Anshun.The thesis actively discusses the law of the change of marriage customs of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity,and makes other ethnic groups comprehend marriage customs of Dagouchang Geloethnicity more objective.The thesis is divided into six chapters.The first chapter is introduction: introduce the background and significance of choosing this topic,literature review,research method,key points and difficulties of the study,deficiency of the study and gather information of field investigation materials.The second chapter: give a brief introduction to the natural environment and cultural environment of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity,and mainly focus on the communication between Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity and surrounding ethnic groups,including the surrounding Han nationality,Miao,Buyi,and Yi ethnic groups etc.and other Gelo ethnicities in central Guizhou Province.The third chapter: a historical study on marriage customs of Gelo ethnicity of central Guiyang Province in each phase,including the period of Dynasties of Ming and Qing,the Republic of China era,since the founding of new China,and sort out the marriage customs recorded in the documents,and analyze and compare the different records in different documents in the same period.The marriage customs of central Gelo ethnicity change with the social change,though there are not many records of small places in the materials,the change of marriage customs in central Guizhou Province reflects the change in marriage customs of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity to a certain degree.It can be seen that the marriage customs of an ethnic group is a dynamic process,which will change with the society.The fourth chapter: this chapter summarizes the change of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity in details.At the beginning of new China,they follow the traditional marriage customs in intermarriage scope,the way of spouse-selection,wedding ceremony,so the change is not obvious;in the 1960 s,the simplified wedding ceremony,the weakening of marriage function,the change in betrothal gifts and dowry reflect the dissolving and dispersing of traditional marriage culture;from 1980 s to now,involution and variation appear in the marriage customs of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity from the aspects of intermarriage circle,way of communication and marriage concept.The fifth chapter: it narrates the causes and characteristics of the change in marriage customs of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity.With the development of society,theexecution of various policies,the influence of other ethnic culture and the constant development of modern media,the marriage customs of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity change.The change is not at once,but a slow process,with obvious characteristics of times.The sixth chapter: introduce the change of marriage customs in Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity,and have an outlook on the future marriage customs in Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity.It describes the impacts on Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity from current market economy and new rural construction,and the inheritance and preservation problem confronted by marriage customs of Dagouchang Gelo ethnicity.Conclusion: make a conclusion and summarization on the thesis. |
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