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Custom Of Dragon Boat Festival And Auspicious Culture

Posted on:2009-03-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z HuangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2189360245963519Subject:China's modern history
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Since the 1980s, the study about the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival is fruitful. Taking account the complex elements of the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival, I think that it is more useful understanding of regional cultural identity, by changing the thinking mode of "structural bound." Instead of the previous "vertical bound.". In fact, no matter the Popular festival itself, or associated with the history inquiry, the regional research and interpretation of cultural significance, we need a new social history perspective rethink.The Dragon Boat Festival ceremony activities, which the representatives are Dragon Boat Festival, mining of drug Baicao, tap bucket Baicao and relatives tours Dragon Boat Festival, dynamically displayed to the Chiang-Nan as the center of the Dragon Boat Festival vulgar rich auspicious characteristics. Through these activities the public express their good wishes of driving evils, praying for harmony, peace and happy life. At the same time, the goods of the Dragon Boat Festival, mainly include the traditional food, all kings of decorative accessories and the family ornaments, reflect the rich auspicious faith the people hoped for the Dragon Boat Festival. It indicate that a strong auspicious belief which the center in Chiang-Nan in the popular Dragon Boat Festival has infiltrated in all aspects of people's lives and production. It had caused a profound influence in the people's life, or even for understanding of life. The Dragon Boat Festival could also be attributed to various kinds of ancient myths, legends and stories. People from the political figures has been read, the magic figure on the spread and some legend of the Dragon Boat Festival ceremony reconstruct the cultural festival auspicious conception, trace the Dragon Boat Festival auspicious cultural origins and its thousands of years of Chinese culture as a heritage.Dragon Boat Festival customs of the auspicious meaning, in different historical periods, different regions, its expression is both the characteristics of the times, regional characteristics . Compared to the other festival customs , the Meaning of its evil spirits and auspicious also more prominent. In the Dragon Boat Festival which is centered in Chiang-Nan, no matter what the custom paint dynamic and static maps, or a variety of myths and legends, and all revel the hope for the"auspicious". The word "Auspicious" has a rich meaning. The hard-working people even hope to use their own understanding of "good fortune" to express their good wishes.
Keywords/Search Tags:Custom of Dragon Boat Festival, Auspicious culture, Ceremony, Symbol, Oral
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