The World Of "Domestic" - An Anthropological Investigation Of Clan Activities In H Village, Yuzhong

Based on the H village of henan province yanling as the field site,introduce clan organization,the Men in the village,by describing the activities of the Men such as marriage,birth and funeral,show life picture of the Men,in order to help people better understand the organization.The article is divided into five parts.Part one,the introduction.What is the reason for choose this place,for example,the village has the typical features in the process of rural modernization in China,the experience of the wedding and representative in the clan research.Meanwhile,point of the field are introduced,explain the definition of the Men,tell the story of the research methods,interviews,ethnography and participant observation.Part two,the Men of the H village,mainly introduced the Men is how to form,and after the interaction between the Men.One type,friendly interactive,by marriage affinity or not,another,because the contradiction or interest disputes caused by the interaction,such as the struggle between two Mens.Part three,the Men of the organization and the system of the relatives.First of all,the organization of the Men is continued by fenjia,it represents family division,the continuation of fang and expanded,as well,it represents eat apart and pension to her parents.Second,relative system including the kinship and relatives appellation,it covers the clan contacts and in-lows,connected with the Men of people will encompass.Part four,introduced the activities of the Men,such as tianxiang,chizhuo,and mairen.They are married,birth and funeral,represents more formal clan activities in the H village.As media,will be dispersed family union as a whole,all members of the Men to take this opportunity to know each other,and enhance its clan identity.Contact with in-lows groups,strengthen interaction between Men and Men is move obvious.At last,introduce the plight of the activities of the Men.Including genealogical conception weaken and the activities of the Men ceremony simplification.Held these activities can be combined or omit,expresses the symbolic significance.Clan activities has continued.They cope with the changes brought about by the trouble,consider some suggestions,for instance,regularly Men's party,write family tree,with the power of village to standardize the etiquette,to develop culture of the Men.