A Study On Gelao Maolong Festival In Shiqian From The Perspective Of Etiquette And Custom Interactive

As a national intangible cultural heritage,Gelao Maolong Festival is a folk culture created by local people in Shiqian to meet the needs of production and life.It not only embodies the civilization wisdom of the people,but also carries the cultural consensus of the festival.Contemporarily,the Maolong Festival developed from a regional festival to a shared festival,and the sacrificial praying activity evolved to a public celebration festival,showing a trend of culture construction for the general public.Therefore,from the research perspective of the interaction of rituals and customs,this paper,combined with the background of policy influence,economic development,history and culture of the Gelao Maolong Festival,comprehensively discusses the infiltration and influence of rituals and customs in the national system and people’s social life during the practice of the Gelao Maolong Festival,and reveals the harmonious interaction between the national ritual and local culture.The specific contents are as follows.The first chapter takes the local knowledge of Shiqian area,such as geography,climate,hydrology,locality,policy and culture,constitutes the context of the birth of the Shiqian Gelao Maolong Festival.Understanding the human geography and life narrative field of Shiqian is the starting point for comprehension the cultural characteristics of the Gelao Maolong Festival.At the same time,the interpretation of festival culture can attract the later thinking on the wisdom extension of etiquette and customs in grand narrative and the micro-politics on the Gelao Maolong Festival.The second chapter taking exploring the characteristics of festivals as the breakthrough point for the research on the customs of Gelao Maolong Festival,it tries to show the infiltration and influence of national consciousness on the festival from the three aspects of the belief in dragon God,the change of time and space and the ritual practice of Gelao Maolong Festival,and then analyzes the infiltration logic of national consciousness into the folk customs,and combs out the interactive mechanism of the ritual and customs of Gelao Maolong Festival.The third chapter through examining the cultural characteristics and organizational forms behind the changes of festivals,it shows the close relationship between official and folk,ritual and custom.From the interactive point of view,the description of ritual and music culture,organizational tradition,operation mechanism and other contents in the Gelao Maolong Festival is a confirmation of the transformation of ritual into customs and the transformation of customs into ritual.The official and folk work together to create a harmonious atmosphere in which the family and the country are one and the officials and the people enjoy the same music.The fourth chapter combined with the actual development of Gelao Maolong Festival,explore its times value.The application of the interaction of rituals and customs is reflected in the construction process of the multiple interactions between the official,elite and the public and other festival subjects in the festival,which is highlighted by the sharing of rituals and customs by the festival subjects.Finally,the multiple interactions realize the unification of the social value and economic value of the Gelao Maolong Festival.The conclusion is based on the case study of Gelao Maolong Festival and the discussion on the "interaction of etiquette and custom" by multiple subjects such as village subjects,folk culture and national politics,which leads to the reflection on the public construction of the festival,the ritual of folk custom and the ritual of folk custom.Thus,the rich connotation of Gelao Maolong Festival is presented,which is conducive to further understanding the minority culture of Southwest ethnic areas.It has certain reference value.