Study Of The Concept Of Ethnic Groups In Southwest Wealth

Wealth is the nuclear concept of economics.The idea of wealth is based on society and also the outcome of society.This treatise is on the ethnic minority's idea of wealth in the southwest of China.On account of distinctive history and geography,the ethnic minority in the southwest of China have developed mountain-culture and movement-culture.They pay more attention on the collective than on the individual and form an atmosphere of communist.In their tradition they consider cattle,rice and silverware and so on as the symbol of wealth.This still restricts their economic behavior nowadays.Although natural wealth provides people life materials,they are not to be considered as natural materials or something others which can only be used.In their opinion,the natural wealth,such as the wood, has more meanings in their life.The meaning of the wood varies as the pattern of agriculture.Traditionally,the ethnics in the southwest of China need work together and live together,so they own together and employ together the land and the wood.No matter which ethnic,seldom is exceptional.Public ownership has a long history in this area,hence it still restrict the way of land utilization.They consider the production of wealth as a process of man,nature and gods' mutual function,the outcome of forces from diligence,cooperation and gods.In the traditional work style,they have varied cultivation ceremony which does not mean superstition.They pay emphasis on labor.On account of the tradition of mutual aid and cooperation,the important role of them should be realized and be made full use of in the economic development.On idea of consumption,the ethnics in the southwest of China have their characters.Their idea of consumption is a complex which has many characters.Their cultures restrict the basic need and gratify it meantime. In their daily life,they encourage frugality and object luxury.While people have a motivation for respect and self-respect,they attain it from luxurious consumption.Liquor consumption satisfies people' need of social interaction,hence it produces social meanings.People earn the feeling of "life" but not the feeling of "living".Religious consumption gratifies not only the need of the individual but also the need of society. Accumulation is the other side of consumption.Accumulation of capital may destroy the society.In avoid of this,the ethnics in the southwest oh China use out of the wealth through luxurious consumption and religious consumption,and hence maintain a kind of simple reproduction of economy.With the effect of this,the ethnic society in the southwest of China becomes a society of no accumulation.The last chapter tells the ethnic society in the southwest of China is wealthy while poor.People,by the force of the collective,create the affluent family through inner-reciprocal exchange including gift circulating and collecting.Affluent family means that a family can properly show on the holiday,festival and other important day.Outer exchange was well developed in the ethnic history,while the aim of outer exchange is for use not for profit.Different from market society,the ethnic society in the south west of China is a reciprocity society.In such society,the family evades risk and seems to be conservative,satisfied with their life.Leisure is a manifestation of wealth.The ethnic society in the south west of China is noted for its varied holidays through which they show off their wealth and display that they have an affluent society.In the end the treatise discusses the idea of wealth and development. The ethnic society in the south west of China has a set of ideas on wealth, and has a relatively effective system to make these ideas into fact.On a limited material production,the ethnic society in the south west of China ensures each family to be affluent family.People can find warmness, friendship,amity and the meanings of life in their family and their community.They have an energetic and lively world,and they have lofty ideas which deserve respect.Affluence is not built on the wealth but on the relation among people,on the social interaction and association. Market economy may destroy their affluent family and affluent society and bring them a kind of richness which means a desperate poverty compared with those rich persons in the market.It constitutes a huge cost for entering the market.This desperation not only can destroy their belief on economy but also their self-belief on the personality and society.This is the reason that why sometimes they refuse development and wealth. However development is the iron rule.On the press of competition, Renovation of ideas may be the unconditional choice.Considering that, development is a cruel choice for the ethnics in the southwest of China.