On The Social Education Values Of Shui People's Traditional Culture,Sandu As A Case Study

Shui traditional culture is the summation of traditional material culture,the institutional culture and the Shui spiritual culture,including its knowledge,belief,art,religion,morality,customs and so on.Meanwhile,it has affected Shui people in socialization,standardization and moral education and so on.Therefore,the aesthetic standards and the idea of pursuing beauty will be formed.In daily life,the Shui have learned to respect nature and coexist with her in harmony.They place the farmland according to the condition of nature and pay enough attention to protecting the vegetation and water source and they do so when they build a new house.Also the arduous natural conditions enable the Shui to be a hardworking,courageous and persevering drive.The Shui people still hold such long-standing concepts as blood identity and Sanjialiufang(the close relatives)that make them form the virtues like respecting the ancestors,filial piety,family unity and helping each other and so on.Shui people have developed an idea respecting the elders due to the Yilang(an organization formed by several villages).Language is the carrier of ethnic culture.The rules of village and the rules of family made Shui people unsophisticated.The rules of Shui's language influence Shui people in a perspective of love and respecting the elders.At the same time,the Shui believe in many gods so that it makes them keep their rituals and be cautious with their actions and words.The folk tales praise the virtue but condemn the evil which lets Shui people form virtues like good deeds and valuing justice above material gains.The Shui festivals are the appearance of its culture.In the festivals,Shui people like to celebrate with their relatives,friends and even other ethnic groups,which helps to develop them a habit of helping and living in harmony with others.The above is the social education's value of traditional material culture,the institutional culture and the Shui spiritual culture.The educational and cultural connotation of Shui's traditional culture is an important carrier and representation of their teaching methods,which plays an irreplaceable role in Shui people's life.It is the social education of Shui's traditional culture that plays a role in the development of each one of Shui people subtly generation by generation,like an invisible hand.In the new era,the negative part of the traditional culture of Shui people should be abandoned,while the positive part should be carried forward.And the positiv should also work together with school and family education to create a stable,harmonious and friendly society as a moral education material,setting up a mental example of national unity and providing a rich treasure of cultural heritage for multicultural integration education to continue to give full play to the value and function of the social education of Shui culture.