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Countryside Market And Folk Life Of Countryside Community

Posted on:2006-03-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z X YangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2189360242456478Subject:Folklore
Abstract/Summary:
Countryside market in China with a long history, plays a very important role in the countryside community. As a center of countryside community, it satisfies peasants' requirements in the material and spiritual life. Taking the Chongxin town market where the main body is Hui nationality as a case in Lingwu city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Through defining Countryside market as the economic folk life of country people and internalizing it into local culture system, the article discusses the community traditions reflected by market which possesses strong functions in their folk life and makes their regional relationship strengthened one hand; on the other hand, theoretically probes into the variation of the original folk life caused by commercial developments of market Then based on the developments of the present countryside community, the author suggests that it is an effective road to urbanization of countryside community that Countryside market develops into small city.
Keywords/Search Tags:Countryside market, countryside community, Hui nationality, folklore, urbanization
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