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A Study On The Sacrifice Lake Ceremony And Its Social And Cultural Functions In Heshuote Mongolia,Bohu Xinjiang

Posted on:2020-10-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M L GouFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330596978904Subject:Ethnology
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Ceremony is a common cultural phenomenon in human production and life.It plays a positive role in regulating people's behavior,integrating human memory,stabilizing social order,and strengthening the relationship between man and nature.The author selects Heshuote Mongolia,one of the Mongolian tribes in Bohu County,Xinjiang,as the research object,and puts the research content on the ritual of the lake in the society,which is closely related to its production and life,through the investigation of the whole process of the sacrifice ceremony.Investigate how it interacts with the Heshuo Mongolian,and then reveal the social and cultural functions of the Sacrifice Lake Ceremony in the Heshuote Mongolian society.At the same time,through analyzing the functional value presented behind the sacrifice ceremony,the cultural beliefs and survival significance of these social and cultural functions in Heshuote Mongolia were discovered.In this paper,from the field investigation of the Heshuo Mongolian sacrifice lake ceremony,Bohu County,located in the Bayin Guoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang,was used as a field location to conduct field investigations on the lake ceremony of Heshuote Mongolia.The author first carried out detailed investigation and full understanding of the ecological environment in which the Heshuo Mongolian sacrifice ceremony was based on the survival of the lake.Secondly,it made a detailed investigation and record of the preparation process and the holding method of the sacrifice ceremony.Based on this,the literature was used.The law and the field investigation method,combined with the functional theories in anthropology and ethnology,provide an in-depth analysis of the holistic nature of the Heshuo Special Sacrifice Lake Ceremony and the social function of the individual.The author first investigates and understands the external cultural environment attached to the sacrifice ceremony of the lake.Secondly,it conducts a detailed examination of the process and organization of the sacrifice ceremony.On this basis,the documentary method and the field investigation method are used,and finally the anthropology is applied.The functional theory in the in-depth analysis of the social function of the whole and individual of the Heshuo Special Sacrifice Lake Ceremony.The full text is based on the literature research and field survey interviews.The article consists of three parts: introduction,body and conclusion.The introduction explains in detail the reasons and significance of the topic selection,the research trends and research status at home and abroad,and the research methods and field experiences used.The first chapter of the text begins with a detailed and clear introduction to the living environment,history and culture of the Heshuo Mongolian people living in Bohu County,Xinjiang,and presents the whole picture of Heshuote Mongolia more intuitively and comprehensively.In the second chapter,the author gives a detailed description of the whole ceremony of the lake,from the preparatory work before the sacrifice ceremony,the various procedures of the sacrifice ceremony,to the activities after the ceremony of the sacrifice of the lake,especially the sacrifice of the lake.The various details such as the preparation of the sacrifices in the ceremony and the taboos of the sacrifice of the lake reflect the lifestyle and national culture of the Heshuo Mongolian.In the third chapter,after the author's investigation of the whole ceremony of the Heshuo Mongolian sacrifice lake,the author believes that as a ritual ritual for the Heshuo Mongolian people,the sacrifice ceremony of the lake,the customs of the Mongolian people Culture is a more important and grand event.It is an extremely important part of the life of the Heshuo Mongolian people.It is also a national culture that affects the growth of many cultural factors in the Mongolian society.The ceremony of the sacrifice of the lake not only contains rich and traditional Mongolian culture,but also vividly displays the livelihood,lifestyle and cultural beliefs of the Heshuo Mongolian.In the third chapter,the author combines the field interview data analysis and believes that the sacrifice ceremony of the lake has: when people encounter problems that cannot be solved in real life,and thus feel confused,uneasy,anxious or embarrassed,to "the other world"(the world of ghosts))seeking a solution to the problem,through the sacrificial ritual to solve the psychological comfort function of all kinds of problems;Through the ritual of the lake,the national culture is passed down from generation to generation,so that these cultures can survive and spread the cultural inheritance function;It is derived from the common spiritual worship and sacrificial emotions,showing national identity and cultural identity and maintaining the function of national cohesion integration between people;With the help of the sacrifice ceremony of the lake,the entertainment function and the survival practice of the annual gathering will gradually form a traditional knowledge system to constrain people's behavior to better adapt to the natural environment and protect the ecological protection function of the living space.The fourth chapter discusses the ritual of the sacrifice of the lake between the lake festival and the folk sacrifice ceremony in the lake festival held in 2008 by the Bohu County official in 2008 under the influence of modernization and socialization.The mutual rush,in the officially constructed festival of fishing lake fishing festival is undoubtedly to promote the development of the local tourism economy,it is contrary to the local production and living practices of the Mongolian people,more traditional rituals The core values to be expressed and the cultural beliefs are abandoned.The author also considers how the folk beliefs can develop in a contemporary consumer social context.This paper studies from the perspective of the theory of rituals.In the conclusion part,it concludes that the ceremony of the Mongolian Heshuote Mongolian sacrifice lake is a ritual activity with local ethnic characteristics.The sacrifice ceremony not only preserves the beliefs of the Mongolian Shamanism but also the religious color of Tibetan Buddhism.The author believes that only by deep understanding of the ritual of the sacrifice of the lake can we understand the cultural meaning of the ritual and enter the same scene of life and culture with the Heshuo Mongolian,and feel the core that the locals want to express through traditional rituals.Value and cultural beliefs.
Keywords/Search Tags:Bosten Lake, Heshuote Mongolia, Festival of Lake Ceremony, Functional theory
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