Cultural Anthropology Mt Tu In Qinghai Mutual Ceremony

Zhuan Shan ceremony in Hu Zhu, Qinghai Province is called as "Si Guo La". During annual lunar month of May and June, hundreds of people from Tu people village will hold this civil ceremony. They will take the scriptures, bypass the village, and make the boundary to pray for the luck and prevent the disaster as well. This paper will make a description for Zhuan Shan ceremony form both time and space dimensions, and make a cultural explanation and comparative studies by combining with the theory.The first chapter is the topic narration, and the introduction of the field and the research origin. Take the ceremony I attended in the Da Zhuang country, Dong Gou village, Hu Zhu County as an example, here indicate the ceremony time, form, participants and routes. It will also focus on the Tu people, the ritual studies and overview of space-time theory.The second chapter is about the comparison between the Zhuan Shan in Huzhu area and the similar activities happened in other places. I compare it with Tibet Wangguo Festival, Lang Qingmiao in Minhe, Zha Shan in Tao Zhou and the Buddha walking on the road. The conclusion of this chapter is the indication of the sequence evolution of Zhuan Shan ceremony from village history and time theory.Chapter Ⅲ outlines the faith schema of Zhuan Shan from the connection point, line, surface and other cultural imagery.Chapter Ⅳ shows a social function and changes of the ceremony through the ceremony participants’ presentations and interviews. I also discussed the role of women in this ceremonyThe conclusion part is the hypothesis and demonstration of cultural symbol of Zhuan Shan ceremony:in the historical accumulation, the Zhuan Shan ceremony, which rooted from the nomadic life and village organization, combines with the Qingmiao society in modern time. It expresses the praying for the harvest, contains the Memorial of hero ancestor, performs the history of the nation, and identifies the national group. The author here combined the historical fact that Tu people guarded the national unification during Ming and Qing dynasty and the text description of historical memory of Tu people, with the imitation ceremony of "march to the war" and "imperial envoy touring". In the combination of Tibetan Buddhist belief and belief space of farming, it gives the religious scriptures force to the land to pray for the harvest and increase the authority of the social management at the same time.It also shows the unity and cohesion of the group in the "history of heroic ancestor" accompanied by the threshold of "state presence"...