| China is a unified multi-ethnic country,and all ethnic groups have jointly created a splendid Chinese culture.In the development of the Chinese nation,collective memory has always played an important role in maintaining the close relationship among all ethnic groups.The cultural exchanges and mutual influences among different ethnic groups in Taijinar region of Qinghai Province are more prominent.Therefore,the collective memory of ethnic interaction not only provides a practical reference for promoting the high-quality development of ethnic work,but also has enlightening significance for the construction of the common spiritual home of all ethnic groups and the cultivation of the consciousness of the Chinese nation community.From the perspective of ethnic interactions,based on the field work in Alar village and relevant literature,this dissertation uses the field investigation as the method,and takes the collective memory of Alar village residents as the core to show how the collective memory affects and plays an important role in the interaction among different ethnic groups.Specifically,this dissertation discusses how the ethnic interactions can be integrated into the collective memory and forming multi-ethnic collective memory by history,surname system,marriage system,dresses and languages in Taijinar region.The dissertation consists of three parts.The first part is the introduction,containing the background,significance,methods and innovations,and also the literature review from three aspects: collective memory,ethnic interactions and Taijinar study.The second part,from chapter one to chapter four,is the main body of the dissertation.Chapter one introduces the filed work site,which analyzes the geographical and historical overview of Qinghai Taijinar region through three aspects: geographical climate,ethnic profile and population economic structure,and also introduces the typical characteristics of Haixi region in Qinghai,which is inhabited by multi-ethnic groups and multi-cultural interaction.The indigenous peoples here include Han,Hui,Tibetan,Mongolian,Tu and Sala.The varies type of lifestyle here is determined by vast land and complex geographical conditions.Geographical environment is the material basis of social development,and the interaction among ethnic groups is a process.A long period of interaction in particular space will inevitably form a collective memory.This common space-time experience itself forms special historical memory.Chapter two discusses how the collective historical memory formed in the multi-ethnic cultural interaction from the Mongolian origin legends,historical figures legends and other legends in Taijinar region.The local legends have obvious constructiveness and interactivity.As a form of text narration,folk tales are easy to spread and resonate with people.Through the narration and transmission of folk stories,all ethnic groups share the same history and culture.This proves that these legends are rather sharing historical facts or culture by multi-ethnics than single.At the same time,it can also reflect the cultural interaction and identity of multiple ethnics.Multi-ethnic cultural interaction is an important foundation for promoting harmonious ethnic relations in multi-ethnic areas.Chapter three focuses on the surname system and marriage system in Taijinar area.It is found that the indigenous carry out selective memory in the past ethnic interaction,build multi-ethnic collective memory and form a unique multi-ethnic symbiotic kinship system.The local surname system is the continuation of the kinship system and also has the characteristics of inclusiveness.With the change of society,different ethnic groups can integrate into the surname system in Taijinar region through the "entering surname" ceremony of the surname system.Nowadays,even if this kind of ceremony is no longer held,the "entering surname" is still a spontaneous activity of the residents of Taijinar region,and has even become more widespread.Because of the inclusiveness of the surname system,the phenomenon of intermarriage between surnames and ethnic groups has gradually increased.The inclusion of multi-ethnic members in Mongolian families in Taijinar region is the result of the integration of inter-ethnic relations and kinship.Chapter four analyzes the multi-ethnic interaction factors contained in the Mongolian cultural field in Taijinar region.In the field of culture,language and dress are the most representative,both of which can be used as symbols to show ethnic identity and community sense.In Taijinar region,there are a large number of loanwords in the Mongolian as well as in Tu dialect,accounting for a large proportion.Tibetan and Chinese Loanwords in Mongolian are the fact of historical exchanges among the Mongolian people in Taijinar region and the surrounding ethnic groups,and the collective memory of multi-ethnic cultural interaction.This is of positive significance to promoting the harmonious development of ethnic relations.The characteristics of Mongolian costumes in Taijinar are not only unique in geography and history,but also interactive among different ethnic groups.The cultural interaction among different ethnic groups is formed by the cultural sharing embodied in common ceremonies or social activities.This is also the basis for the formation of local collective memory,which plays an important role in the prosperity and development of local areas and the construction of the common spiritual homeland of all ethnic groups.The third part is the conclusion,which is proposed that the collective memory formed in the ethnic interaction plays a positive role in the harmonious development of ethnic relations,ethnic unity and the Chinese national community.In short,from the perspective of ethnic interaction,this dissertation reproduces the collective memory of ethnic interaction through the three themes of history,kinship system and culture in Taijinar region to presents the formation and continuation of multi-ethnic collective memory.The formation and presentation of collective memory is the historical foundation of the pattern of pluralistic integration of the Chinese nation.It has important practical and enlightening significance for studying the theory of promoting harmonious ethnic relations in multi-ethnic inhabited areas,and same as to building a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation. |
