From Ceremony To Exhibition:The Meaning Negotiation And Social Mutual Construction Of The Miao's Festival Symbols In Western Hunan

Along with the process of modernization,it seems that some kind of historical change will occur in society and its cultural connotation.China's minority areas are constructing a complex picture of tradition and modernity.Taking the Miao area in western Hunan as an example,due to the geographical location of the mountains and the water The historical evolution from subordinate counties to self-government,the social characteristics from closed to open,and other aspects,the ethnic culture featuring Miao festivals can not only withstand violent collisions and conflicts,but also maintain the cultural style of the ethnic group and become Miao.The spiritual memory shared by the people and the symbolic representation of the ethnic group.The Miao's festival symbol first has the meaning connotation of folk ceremony.With a fixed period and a specific space,a complicated order and a rich Miaoge and Miaogu as elements,the design of the folk ritual sense of the festival symbol is carried out,and from the original belief in worshiping nature and ghosts,the national cultural memory carried by the festival dress,public The three dimensions of the collective consciousness of ritual maintenance highlight the cultural representation of the Miao's festival symbols.With the social changes,in terms of the exhibition space where ritual and tourism are alternated,the original ecology and modernity coexist with each other,the Miao's festival symbol is constructed as a cultural exhibition.The festival symbols of this kind of cultural exhibition show the implicit meaning of inspiring the cultural identity function of ethnic groups and mining the economic function of ethnic culture.The meaning of the festival symbol reflects practice,which reflects the transformation from ethnic carnival to inter-ethnic interaction,from the Miao custom to the integration of non-genetic inheritance,etc.,showing the government ' s funding and recognition,and the identity of the subject of folk practice The process of social interaction in performance and differential expression.