Under The Blessing Of King Yalu: The Home, Family And Village Of The Mashan Miao

“The king of Ya Lu” in the western part of the Miao dialect area living epic tells the story of the origin of all things, “the king of Ya Lu” and ethnic’s migration and campaign history, the fate of the Western Hmong chanting indomitable. This national cultural treasures spread in Guizhou mainly barren Mashan area, ancestor worship and respect “Ya lu” in Mashan most evident, manifested in the funeral ceremony. East Lang ritual performer of the night chanting “Ya lu” epic, given the Mashan Hmong common historical memory,a firm belief in ancestors. Strong ancestral faith permeates life, forming a distinctive Mashan Miao home, family and the village.Based on field research on the use of daily interaction perspective home, family studies, exploring life in the family ritual and practice, under the faith of “the king of Ya Lu”,Mashan Miao Wang yaru how to construc home and family, expand the following five sections:There is a general understanding Mashan natural environment and human environment, in order to Mashan living environment, history, ancestor worship and other: The first chapter describes the first point of the field in the background. I point to the next field- para Chino Village, tells para Chino Village of basic necessities,holiday system and spatial arrangement, the reader into the author’s field.Second, three and four is the main part of the article, from the home to the family,the village, from Kin to Geopolitics, from daily life to a study of typical ceremony.Discussion were home and family is how it formed, the village home, family interaction situations, how to interact in the ceremony.The fifth chapter is the sublimation of the article, by the most solemn and unite the maximum extent home, family, village life rituals- Funeral ceremonies, visits Mashan Hmong Soul Concept, analyze how the soul back home is not invisible, and ancestry “Ya lu” reunion.