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Research On "Bridge Culture" And Construction Of Social Order Of The Miao People In Youlao

Posted on:2021-06-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y S LiangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2507306293980889Subject:Anthropology
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In the development of human history,people have fully utilized their labor wisdom to create various forms of "bridge culture".As the "bridge" of entity,it is a transportation facility that crosses the ditches and connects the two places,the "bridge" of cultural derived from the "bridge" of entity has become a bond of interaction and mutual transformation between people’s community.In recent years,"bridge culture" has been continuously concerned by the academic community because of its unique ethnic cultural characteristics and human cultural values.Many scholars have conducted in-depth research on the "bridge culture" of the Miao people and formed corresponding research results,which provides a certain literature basis and perspective reference for the successor scholars to continue to pay attention to and study "bridge culture".This article takes the "bridge culture" of the Miao people in Youlao,Guizhou a s the research object,mainly uses the anthropology,the sociology and the ethnology r elated discipline theory method to carry on the research.The specific operation pro cess includes combing and analyzing the relevant documents of "bridge culture" and social order by using the literature research method,and mainly based on the field investigation method,using the method of case interview,observation method and participant observation method to collect the relevant contents of the "bridge culture" of the Miao people in Youlao,and combining with the the ory of discipline to explore and study.The article first presents the cultural habitat of the "bridge culture" of the Youlao Miao people from two aspects of natural environment and humanistic environment;second,it base on the background of the diverse "bridge culture" of human society,to discuss the structural types and feature of the "bridge culture" of the Miao people in Youlao.As far as the "bridge culture" of the Miao people in Youlao is concerned,thestructure type of "bridge culture" can be divided into "bridge culture" in the belief space and "bridge culture" in the secular life according to the folk function and transportation function of "bridge".The whole presents ethnic characteristics,regional and pluralistic symbolic characteristics;the third is to analyze the ritual process and symbolic meaning of "bridge culture" in the belief space,reciprocal exchange and social mobility,and the impact of "bridge culture" on social relations;The fourth is to trace the origin and process of the bridge-building culture in the secular life of the Miao people,analyze the allocation of the right to development of the villages before and after the bridge construction,and the boundary and blending in the process of the interaction between the villages and the outside world after the bridge connecting the two sides;The fifth is to analyze the dimensions of the two structural types of "bridge culture" of the Miao people in Youlao to the maintenance of social order,and to explore the significance of "bridge culture" to the construction of modern social order.The final conclusion is the summary of the article.The article believes that the "bridge culture" of the Miao people in Youlao is shaped by the specific geographical environment and human environment,and has gradually developed with the influence of the long-term contact and interaction between the Miao people in Youlao and the neighboring fraternal ethnicities,as well as the depth and institutional arrangement of the national strength.It embodies a process in which culture continuously reproduces culture while adapting to the needs of society.At the same time,the “bridge culture”of the Miao people in Youlao has an important function of maintaining social order,which is mainly manifested as the maintenance of the two-way degree of internal order and external order.Among them,the "bridge culture" in the belief space is more prominent in maintaining the stability of the internal order of the village,which is manifested in the maintenance of the psychological order of the ritual subject,moral education and practical guidance,promoting the harmoniously relationship development between people,people and nature,people and society.The "bridge culture" in secular life is more focused on maintaining the external order of the village.The traffic of the bridge not only promotes the rapid flow of people,logistics and information,but also is an important link for the coordinated development of multiplestakeholders and the integration of traditional culture and modernity."Bridge culture" plays an important role in promoting the construction of nation-state and the cultural exchange among ethnic groups,which makes the multi-culture present the scene of harmony but difference and multi-symbiosis in the process of flowing,and then maintains the cultural ecological balance and promotes social harmony,which is of great significance to the construction and reconstruction of modern social order.
Keywords/Search Tags:"bridge culture", social order, Miao people, Youlao
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