Self-cognition And Self-expression Of National Custom Owners From A Folklorism Perspective

Folklorism is a concept developed from Germany in the 1960s.This concept is used to describe a more diverse phenomenon of folk culture in modern society.Now the phenomenon of folk culture wrapped in the flag of tradition but reproduced with new purposes has become normalcy.The thesis takes the project "Home-stay in Jinhua’s historical village · Siping" as the case.Self-cognition and self-expression of national custom owners in the project are analyzed and discussed from a folklorism perspective.The phenomenon of performance,inaction and participants’ feeling in the project is described.The first chapter puts forward problem.It is a simple introduction of the case"Home-stay in Jinhua’s historical village · Siping”,which includes four aspects:the background of the project,the overview of the project,the purpose of the project and the Siping village in the project.The second chapter is the perspective of research.It is divided into two parts.The first part narrates that the perspective of the thesis is a perspective of folklorism;The second part is the review of relevant academic history of folklorism,including both foreign and domestic research status of folklorism.At the same time,the methods used in the thesis are introduced.The third chapter is the phenomenon of folklorism in folk performance.By introducing the activities in the display and performance of folk custom content in the project the thesis illuminates that the content of the folk custom content in the project is not natural,but a result of certain selection and adjustment to arrangement of the activity.In order to better display their culture,what is displayed has been adjusted.The fourth chapter is the phenomenon of folklorism in interaction.It’s an introduction of the interactive content in the project and daily life,which shows that national custom owners stress the traditional form and the traditional image through a variety of ways,to shape the ideal image of traditional villages and villagers.The fifth chapter is the phenomenon of folklorism in participants’ feeling.It’s an introduction of different feelings and feedback from three group of participants in the project,which shows that the self-cognition and self-expression of national custom owners is a process.The expression of folk culture is limited by the project,the limit not only comes from the organizers of the project,but also from the overseas students and cultural medium.The sixth chapter is conclusion.It simply points out the phenomenon of folklorism which happened in the project,and that the vortex of "authenticity"should be steered clear.The living world of folklore should be a dynamic world constructed in practice with people’s emotion and imagination.