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A Cultural Study Of The Legend Of The Yellow Emperor In The Longdong Region

Posted on:2022-01-07Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X Q LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2505306500458504Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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As a legendary figure from the ancient period,the Yellow Emperor is revered by the children of China as the founder of humanity in the Chinese nation,and the legend of the Yellow Emperor has been widely covered throughout China in thousands of years of historical heritage.Longdong is a specific cultural area in the northwest of China,formed by the radiation of the Long Mountains to the east of Qingyang and Pingliang as the centre.Nowadays,in the unique cultural context of the Longdong region,there are still many oral narratives and relics of the legend of the Yellow Emperor,implying the deep origin and relationship between the Longdong region and the culture of the Yellow Emperor.Longdong area after thousands of years of history and culture,now formed three yellow emperor culture relatively independent and each other into one of the yellow emperor cultural heritage point: deep in the Liupan Mountain foothills area of Qing Shui County,to the yellow emperor Xuan Yuan’s birthplace known inside and outside the province,towering in the east branch of the Liupan Mountain Kongdong Mountain is famous for the yellow emperor asked the way,is located in the core of the Longdong area of Qingyang is said to be both QI Huang on the medical place,is also the yellow emperor after the death of the immortal place.The three places in Longdong are inherently geographically connected.The three areas of Longdong inherently form a cultural system that is in line with the natural path and life path of the Yellow Emperor.The people of the Longdong region respect the Yellow Emperor,building temples for him,holding rituals,telling stories of the Yellow Emperor from generation to generation,and passing on the spirit of the Yellow Emperor,in order to express the sentiments of the ancestor’s prudence and longevity.This paper focuses on the specific cultural and geographical region of Longdong,combining the legend of the Yellow Emperor with the life trajectory of the Yellow Emperor,through the analysis of the cultural ecology,structural characteristics,transmission mode and development direction of the Yellow Emperor legend in the region,in an attempt to set up the Longdong cultural context of the Yellow Emperor legend of the complete transmission system,to explore the Longdong region of the Yellow Emperor legend in the depth of the historical and cultural relationship and national spiritual origin,to promote the Longdong Longdong area Yellow Emperor legend of modern heritage and cultural practice to provide the necessary thinking and suggestions.In this paper,mainly based on historical and field research data,to sort out the integration of the legend of the Yellow Emperor in the Longdong geo-cultural and heritage system.The first chapter introduces the unique historical and geographical environment of the Longdong region,where Kunlun was associated with the Yellow Emperor,forming a mythological derivation system centred on Kunlun-Kongtong,and then considers the problem of resetting the legend of the Yellow Emperor in the context of Ji Zhou culture.The second chapter takes three places,namely Tianshui-Qingdao County,Pingliang-Kongtong Mountain and Qingyang-Zhengning County,as the central points,and analyses the legend of the Yellow Emperor in the Longdong region,taking the life trajectory of the Yellow Emperor as a vein."This chapter explores the textual narrative of the legend of the Yellow Emperor in the cultural pattern of the oral tradition,and analyses the secular structure of the legend of the Yellow Emperor through historical sites,objects,customs and life.The third chapter illustrates the changes in the mode of transmission of the Yellow Emperor legends based on the history of the faith from three perspectives: on the one hand,the basic pattern of the Yellow Emperor rituals is adhered to and maintained based on the accumulation of ancient narratives;on the other hand,the combination of the legendary culture and industrial development in the context of non-heritage has innovated the mode of transmission of the Yellow Emperor legends.The fourth chapter is based on the national Yellow Emperor culture research,interpretation of the Yellow Emperor culture of the geopolitical controversy,the Yellow Emperor culture around the pluralistic coexistence,but Longdong region Yellow Emperor legend has its uniqueness and systematic: in the traceability research and cultural roots level,to explore how to build Longdong region Yellow Emperor legend culture as the core of the inheritance of Chinese civilization innovation area;in the regional perspective,thinking about the future development direction of the Yellow Emperor culture,to promote the Yellow Emperor culture protection and cultural industry development.
Keywords/Search Tags:Yellow Emperor legend, Longdong region, ritual, folk beliefs, Interpretation of faith history, Geophilic transmission
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