Bulk Mixed The Hui Economy And Back To The Han Ethnic Relations

It has been quite a normal phenomenon in history that many ethnic groups inhabit together in China. In modern society, ethnic minorities become increasingly inhabited together, which is the outcome of gradual modernization process promoted by the Chinese government under the background of globalization as well as that of the development of ethnic minorities. In different regions, people of the ethnic minorities who inhabit together have a small population and live dispersedly, meanwhile their rights and interests are easily ignored and sometimes impaired. As a whole, these minorities possess a large population and distribute in a wide region, so they are one important component of the government's ethnic work. If handled improperly, they will cause chain reaction to the government, even affect the whole country. How to protect their rights and interests, cultures and their relations with the mainstream society has become a new difficulty in China's ethnic work, and it is a breakthrough and a new area for China's ethnic research and ethnic work , and it also supplements constructive content to China's development of harmonious society.The Hui nationality has a large population and it is the most widely scattered ethnic minority in China. People of the Hui nationality that inhabit together with many ethnic groups take up more than a half of the population among all the Huis. From the distribution of the population, the Hui nationality inhabit in 98% of the counties, whether in a large or small number, which forms a spatial pattern of nationwide interweaving inhabitation of the Huis with other nationalities. Undoubtedly, the research on the Huis' economy and their relation with the Han nationality is an unneglectable section in the research of the country's ethnic economy and ethnic relations.Theoretically, the research on the economy of the Huis that inhabit together with many ethnic groups could consummate the system of ethnic economics; practically, from the experience and lesson gained by the economic development of the areas inhabited by many ethnic groups, the exploration of ethnic economic development mode according to regions and nationalities could provide decision-making reference to the administrative departments concerning nationalities and religions, and it would promote mutual development of these areas and consolidate national union.At the same time, the relation between the Huis and Hans living in the areas inhabited by many ethnic groups is a dynamic process which goes through a circle from discrepancy to maladjustment (even conflict) toadjustment to harmonization repeatedly. With the change of outer factors (social policies) and inner factors (nationality identification), the nation relations constantly repeat this process in a period of time just like a reaction chain. The development of economy and the change of government policies will change the culture of the Huis and Hans in the areas inhabited by many ethnic group, therefore their society, economy and civilization will change accordingly, as definitely influence the nation relation. Thus we need to renew our knowledge of the Hui-Han relation in the areas inhabited by many ethnic groups, so that we can provide information for the government as well as the departments concerned with nations, religions and culture to make policies, laws and regulations. With the exploitation, transmission and utilization of the cultural advantage of each nationality, the ability of the socialistic market economy to implant culture will also be enhanced and this will promote co-prosperity and harmonious development of all nationalities.The thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter One discusses the formation of the inhabitation pattern of the Hui nationality in areas inhabited by many ethnic groups, the significance of co-inhabitation to the development of the Huis, and the developing trend in the future. Chapter Two gives a general introduction to Tai'erzhuang with a brief on Tai'erzhuang's natural environment, history, customs and society. Chapter Three describes the economic development of Tai'erzhuang and the Hui nationality. The economy of the Hui nationality is an inseparable part of the national economy, so the beginning of this chapter will introduce the general situation of the development of Tai'erzhuang's economy. On this basis, the author will give a definition to the Huis' economy according to the theories of ethnic economics. Then this chapter will also analyze Huis' economy in Tai'erzhuang in details from the following five aspects: the general introduction to Huis' economy in Tai'erzhuang, its characteristics, its developing motivations and constraints, horizontal comparison, and its function in local economy. Chapter Four states Hui-Han relation in Tai'erzhuang as an area inhabited by ethnic groups. First, the author gives a brief introduction to the aims and theoretical framework of the research on ethnic relations. Second, according to the geographic features, ethnic characteristics of the target region and research purpose, the author analyzes the Hui-Han relation in Tai'erzhuang from the perspective of history and ages. In terms of history, it discusses the origin of Huis in Tai'erzhuang and analyzes Hui-Han relation in this region in history. Then by using variable model, a popular analytic method in ethnology and sociology, the author discourses upon Hui-Han relation in Tai'erzhuang from six aspects, including ethnical delaminating, inhabitation pattern,religious beliefs, ethnical consciousness, inter-nationality cognition and social communication, and inter-nationality marriage. The end of this chapter concludes the characteristics of Hui-Han relation in areas inhabited by many ethnic groups and elements which influence such relation. In Conclusion, based on the above investigation and analysis and discussion, the author finally makes an estimate on the trend of the development of Huis' economy in Tai'erzhuang and Hui-Han relation.