Etiquette And Reciprocity Of The Tumut Mongolian Society

Located in the middle and west of Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region,Tumote Mongol ethnic group region is the earliest region in which the culture of Han ethnic group and Mongol ethnic group begins to fuse.It is due to this deep fusion that the culture of Tumote region has the features different from that of the Mongol ethnic group in other regions.As an important part of the traditional culture of Mongol ethnic group,custom culture not only enjoys its own characteristics but also plays a special role in the operation and evolution of the economic society in Tumote Mongol ethnic group region.Since Gebao'er village possesses typical Tumote Mongol ethnic group culture,customs are of dramatic significance among the whole cultural system of Gebao'er village.Besides,the customs of Gebao'er village are extremely rich both in terms of the form and content and have infiltrated into every aspect of the daily life/ production,social contacts and the big community event of Gebao'er village.As the customs of Gebao'er village embody the traditional value orientation,moral views,collective consciousness and cultural symbol cognition of Mongol ethnic group,the customs are of great significance in establishing and maintaining the order of economic society.If the in-depth meaning of customs is further explored from the perspective of economy and culture,it can be figured out,by the case study of the customs of Gebao'er village during its daily life,that reciprocity lies at the core of the customs.In other words,customs are established in the principle of reciprocity to maintain the contacts among economic society and safeguard social order.Reciprocity has a variety of types and features.It takes customs as its carrier and exerts a far-reaching influence on the social life of Tumote Mongol ethnic group region.To be specific,reciprocity can provide guidance for the view on value,adjust the activity of economic society,establish the order of economic society,integrate social power and promote the contacts and virtuous interaction in economic society.Against the background of the fast development of current economic society,the custom culture of Tumote Mongol ethnic group,on the one hand,keeps changing profoundly,and on the other hand,continues its prosperity and inheritance.Moreover,the reciprocity embodied by customs turns out to be the eternal melody during economic growth and cultural deposit.