Body Culture And Ethnic Memory

In this paper,the physical culture theory of sports anthropology and the social memory theory of sociology were employed to make an in-depth analysis on the traditional minority national sports Lusheng dance Changshanlong.With Gusa ancient village as the research case,the relationship between physical culture and ethnic memory was discussed from static body culture and dynamic body culture,respectively,and changshanlong was studied in village cultural environment.To reveal the origin and development of Changshanlong body culture from physical practice and text characterizes memory,Changshanlong culture is divided into traditional and modern period,which is done by the cultural sense,not exactly by historical periods.Traditional Changshanlong refers to mass sports inherited from the Huamiao nationality generation to generation for worship,(namely before 1979),while modern Changshanlong refers to competitive sports performed on stage after the government's adaptation,(namely after the reform and opening up in 1979).In this paper,ethnic memory in physical memory imprinting was discussed from the static body culture,including clothing,props,movement forms and characteristics,on the other hand,Changshanlong culture,from the dynamic body culture,covers the traditional and modern period,and this paper expounded the roles Changshanlong culture plays in recording,keeping and passing ethnic memory from the content and organization form of changshanlong,the organization foundation,ring domain,participation main body,sports function,inheritance mode,the transmission spectrum of changshanlong and so on.The following conclusions were drawn in this study:(1)the Changshanlong is a traditional sports event of national minorities,which combines sporting with entertainment.As the carrier of ethnic memory,Changshanlong has experienced the course of "stemming from the sacrifice,booming in the carnival".(2)There is a close relationship between the production of Changshanlong body culture and the settlement environment,including natural and humane environment,belief systems and ancestor worship.It is the collective memory of the minority groups that shapes and builds the unique changshanlong belong to the HuaMiao nationality,which is rendered and reinforced in the public performance with all local minority residents' participation for the purpose of standard and restriction in local minority residents' spiritual life and value pursuit.(3)whether it is from the body of the text narrative characterizes memory or from practice as the carrier of physical memory,in the context of tradition,changshanlong shows the maintenance of the traditional ethnic community and display,but in the context of today,changshanlong lusheng dance culture connotation,value pursuit and function are divergence and fragmentation of traditional ethnic memory.It can be seen,from the transition of changshanlong's role of ancestor worship,entertainment,simple feelings of body and mind to sports competition,that the inheritance of the culture memory of traditional sports of national minorities will change slowly with western strong sports culture erosion and change of the times,mainly due to as an ethnic community,for the maintenance of the traditional culture and dealing with historical change of times and the contradiction between the demands of playing the game.