Ritual Study In The Laluo People's Military Festival Of Fuchang Village In Midu County

The Military Festival is a traditional festival of the Laluo people who a branch of the Yi people,it's spread in the Fuchang Village of Hongyan town of Midu County of Yunnan Province.It's called"a du qiao"in Yi language,means that the king drills the soldiers.At present,the Military Festival has been lost in other Laluo settlements,and only Fuchang Village has been preserved,which makes it has the uniqueness of Yi people's culture.In the context of the rapid changes in society,the Military Festival has been built into the local cultural brand,becoming a business card for publicity in Hongyan Town,attracting more and more attention from outsiders.The ritual activities are the concentrated expression of the cultural connotation of the Military Festival,The ritual activities of this festival are not only the external manifestation of the Laluo people's subculture,but also the spiritual core of the local Laluo people's unique cognitive system and religious concepts.Therefore,by the field work,the author investigates the living environment of the Military Festival,that is,the society and culture of the Laluo people in Fuchang Village,sorts out the origin legends and organizational forms of the Military Festival,and records in detail the whole process of the festival's ritual activities.It is undoubtedly meaningful to carry out an in-depth interpretation of the Military Festival from the aspects of religious beliefs,symbolic symbols,dual structure and cultural functions in ritual activities.The author believes that the rituals of the Military Festival reflect the Multi-symbiotic belief system of the Laluo people's natural worship,ancestor worship and Tantra Buddhism.The Guanyin worship of the Laluo people in Fuchang Village was the Brahman monk Guanyin when the early Tantrics were introduced into Dali.During the Nanzhao period,the whole people believed in Tantric Buddhism,and the rituals and legends in the festival were also deeply influenced by the mainstream culture of Nanzhao.The symbols in the ceremony were given unique meaning by the Laluo people,and they are the expression of the value cognition system recognized by the Laluo people.There is a dual division of gender group in the rituals of the Military Festival,however,this dual structure is not fixed,but a dynamic binary division that flexibly changes on the basis of maintaining social solidarity and stability.Under the wave of globalization and modernization,the Military Festival has undergone profound changes,and the ethnic identity in the rituals of the Military Festival has changed.In the long-term interaction and interaction with the local Han people,with the weakening of the belief consciousness,people's ethnic identity changed from blood-related identity to geographical identity,and under the intervention of local power,the regional com:munity formed,these reasons led to the Han people being accepted into the cultural system of the local laluo people.With the rapid changes in society,the main function of the rituals of the Military Festival is no longer serving the tribal warfare.It's function is more manifested in its promotion of national cultural heritage,enhancement of ethnic identity and cohesiveness,and satisfaction of individual entertainment experiences.