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The Extension Of Spirituality:Karma Artisans Group Cultural Construction

Posted on:2017-03-23Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y XieFull Text:PDF
GTID:2295330485484038Subject:China's modern history
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The artisans of Chab-mdo Karma and their incredible craftsmanship held in such high regard as in the centers of Buddhism culture, the monasteries. Became the sign of the Kar-shod and also was called the Kar-shod’s style. Based on that reason, as an association the culture of Kar-shod artisans had its own significant for our research.The object of this research is their highest expression in the service of modern meaning Cultural Community under the view of Historical Space. Try to describe the process of their culture and analysed the mater from Cultural Community. Rely on the investigating method of multi-site ethnography to the same community. Also the investigations into the development of indigenous researchers and foreign researchers can simply jump ahead to the historical sketch itself as presented in Regionalism,Culturalism, communitarism, it makes that special meaning of the study.This paper consists of introduction, 4 chapters and the conclusion. In the part of introduction, to explain the mass of the various modern researches of Tibetan artisans,include the Lha-ris-ba and the Lha-dzo. The first chapter, it represents the ancient Kar-shod artisans’ records relate that since the time of their earliest contacts with the Karma-bkav-brgyud-pa. From the way of Tantra was called Chod to comprehend their craftmenship. The second chapter analyzes the social relationship between the several families. Focuses on the variety of artisan dependant from the monasteries and had their own speech right. The third chapter analyzes the artisans’ everyday life, include the exposition of marriage identity consist of Khang-ming and Rus-pa, and analyzes of the polygamy to exposed the eldest son right and the rule of family. Briefly introduces the real world of the artisans. The forth chapter described their spiritual and religious life, especially Gnas-skor and Shaman tradition and exposed the influence of them.The conclusion presents the two aspect of this research makes the preliminary imagine of region cultural community research as fellowing; firstly, give the enough attention from culture perspective which in the process of the promodern social change to modern social,citizens identity construction problem contains duality of the national level and also the community citizen level; secondly, its provides us illuminating meaning on the religious and spiritual identity when the moment we faced the real-world problems.
Keywords/Search Tags:Kar-shod, Artisan, Karma sGar-bris, Polygamy, Cultural Community
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