Study On The Life Protection Of Dai Brocade Handicraft In Xishuangbanna

Dai brocade is a traditional handicraft created by the Dai people,which has formed a unique craft in the long history of thousands of years,with exquisite finished products,exquisite skills and distinct style.It not only shows the ancient ethnic fashion of the Dai people,but also shows their rich spiritual world.Compared with the traditional skills of other nationalities in China,it is quite unique.Dai brocade is not only representative in the art world,but also triggers the trend of research in the cultural circles.Every aspect of Dai people’s daily life is related to Dai brocade,which is also an important part of Dai people’s religious activities.On one hand,the Dai brocade in Xishuangbanna area decorates the daily life of the Dai people.On the other hand,it becomes a Buddhist flag dedicated to Buddha,which is considered to be the ladder of soul to heaven and Buddha’s kingdom.With the development of the times,people’s ideas are also quietly changing.The Dai people hope that the Dai brocade can still carry good moral,and continue to protect themselves.They also expect it to play its greater value with more practical functions,and gain greater development space.With the development of tourism in Xishuangbanna,Dai brocade has gradually become a tourist souvenir product with ethnic characteristics,opening up a new market for development.In recent years,with the continuous exchanges of economy,politics and culture around the world,the collision and blending among many intangible cultural heritages and different cultures outside the country has become more and more intense,and in the process of continuous development,some nationalities have lost the right of cultural discourse,gradually losing their cultural space,and identity.In the face of these problems,China has been exploring the protection of intangible cultural resources,which has attracted worldwide attention,and has made great achievements.However,with the passing of the time and the change of cultural environment,many policies have not been adapted to the development of intangible cultural heritage today,and China has gradually began to explore a new path to build a new protection methodsystem that consists of life protection,productive protection and ecological protection.This thesis takes Manluan Village in Xishuangbanna as a case study for research.Firstly,from the perspective of life protection,through data collection and field investigation to understand the historical and cultural connotation of Dai brocade and the conditions for the development of skills,this thesis combs the overall situation of the inheritance of Dai brocade skills in Xishuangbanna and analyzes various cases for the study.Manluan village was finally chosen as the research site.Secondly,through the questionnaires and interviews,this thesis summarizes the current situation of Dai brocade technology inheritance.It investigates and collates the historical situation,cultural background of its rural community and the views and expectations of Dai people on traditional technology.It presents the development status quo of Dai brocade technology inheritance from the perspective of stakeholders in life protection.The thesis identifies problems existing in the inheriting process of the Dai brocade skill,such as the innovation insufficiency of technical innovation,the limit of fund source,the narrow channel of propaganda,the lack of attention in public thought,and the unwillingness of young peiople to study the skill which creates the technical fault,etc;Finally,the thesis uses the stakeholder theory to analyze the relationship among the inheritance of government,community,handicraftsmen and markets,as well as their respective roles in this collation and division.By applying the theory of cultural ecology and the theory of heritage activation,this thesis analyzes how the local Dai people handle the relationship between their own cultural resources and their traditional skills and tourism development and market opening.Finally,it summarizes the impacts of the use of the life protection approach on the development and inheritance of Dai brocade skills in Xishuangbanna,which can not only expand the living space of traditional skills,help local ethnic people to build cultural self-confidence,but also truly realize the sustainable inheritance of traditional skills,and help the traditional culture of various nationalities adapt to the needs of social development and modern cultural exchanges.The thesis explores the innovative path of Dai brocade to find out a way to make the inheritanceof skills and the local Dai villagers interact with each other.