Study On The Kinship System Of Tibetan In Zhuoni

In the past 20 years,anthropologists have been in the ascendant to study the ap-pellation system of Tibetan relatives.Tibetans have three maj or Tibetan areas,Weizang,Khamba and Amdo.These three Tibetan areas also have certain differences in language and culture.Each region has its own unique kinship system.Zhuoni Tusi established the rule of the unity of Church and religion,starting from 15th century,until the 20th century century,up to nearly 600 years.Zhuoni,in the Amdo Tibetan area,has formed its own unique kinship system in the constant collision of culture under the rule of Zhuoni's Tusi system.Based on the field investigation in Guanluo Village of Azitan Township in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,this paper discusses the kinship structure of Tibetans in Zhuoni's semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral areas from the perspective of anthropology.It is hoped that this can show a different local culture and present the particularity of the Tibetan relatives in the semi-agricultural and semi-pas-toral areas.This paper is divided into seven parts.The first part introduces the research origin and significance,related research summary,research methods and data.The second part describes the overview of the field,Like the geographical environment in the Zhuoni area.The third part mainly describes the village,the local kinship system,the characteristics of kinship,the attitude and behavior of relatives in practice,these three contents to show the local relatives title system;the fourth part is the specific describe of the kinship,and the local kinship network was reorganized through family kinship,blood relationship,and fictional relatives.The fifth part introduces the extended net-work of relatives--in-laws,which describe the formation,operation and function of the in-laws respectively.The sixth part analyzes the role of relatives in the geo-organization,which can be said to be an expanded network of relatives.The formation of typical local social organizations and how social organizations work.The seventh part is the conclusion.The study of Zhuoni Tibetan relatives system can improve the study of relatives in Tibetan areas,provide a new foundation for the comparative study of Ti-betan relatives,and enrich the theory of anthropological relatives.