A Study On The Inheritance Of Enshi Bench Dragon From The Perspective Of Cultural Anthropology

Enshi benchelong is a unique folk sports project in Enshi.Its emergence and development is not only reflected in the development process of folk sports,but also an important carrier of Enshi minority culture.In this paper,from the perspective of cultural anthropology,the study of banbenchelong in Enshi can not only play a reference role in the study of folk sports,but also provide ideas for the exploration of local ethnic culture in Enshi.Based on the knowledge of cultural anthropology,this paper takes banbenchelong in Enshi,Hubei Province as the research object,adopts the methods of literature,interview,field investigation and participation observation as the main research methods,and collects the first-hand data about banbenchelong in Enshi by going to Enshi for field investigation and participation observation and visiting the inheritors of banbenchelong in Enshi On the one hand,it combs out the historical origin,change process and inheritance vein of Enshi bench dragon.The main results are as follows:1.From the perspective of culture as a whole,it is found that Enshi has a long history of geographical space,outstanding environment and ecology,as well as the local customary laws and regulations,which have an important impact on the production and development of banstool dragon.2.Through the ethnographic writing method,the paper deeply describes Enshi bench dragon,and combs out three origin legends of Enshi bench Dragon: "dragon dance for rain" origin theory,"insect repellent killing" origin theory and "Tujia bench fist" origin theory.It is found that the evolution of banbenchelong in Enshi has experienced three stages: the initial stage of self-defense,the mature stage of religious sacrifice and the stage performance.Its changing course shows the characteristics of weakening self-defense function,disappearing religious sacrifice function and increasing entertainment.3.Using the research strategy of theme and guest to sort out the inheritance vein of Enshi benchelong,and draw the conclusion that the inheritors of Enshi benchelong have the inheritance characteristics of active and passive intersection;the inheritance mode of Enshi benchelong is mainly in the form of combination of folk independent inheritance andgovernment promotion inheritance.In the new century,Enshi benchelong is in an awkward situation of lacking successors.4.Enshi bench dragon has been passed down from generation to generation,and it has an important relationship with the local folk custom and dragon worship,both of which are important pillars to support the inheritance of Enshi bench dragon.The Enlightenment of Enshi bench dragon's evolution and inheritance on folk sports is as follows: environment is the foundation of folk sports,system is the guarantee of supporting folk sports inheritance,and spirit is the important support of folk sports inheritance.