’Ranjie’:Gift-exchange Embeded In Funeral Service Of RGyalrong Tibetan

Ritual--as a universal social behavior in human society--is a concentrated performance of certain group culture in a particular period.It is often concentrated in the daily life of religious beliefs,economic production,kinship system,ethics system and other aspects of the ethnic groups,It is an important field of Anthropology.Exchange has diversity characteristics,the exchange of gifts at the ceremony is a manifestation of their diversity.Gift exchange as part of a ritual,also related to all aspects of human life to a certain extent.The gift exchange in funeral ceremony of rGyalrong Tibetan lived in Ming Village as the research object.Study on the exchange behavior and the special gift of the Ranjie exchange of the funeral ceremony of rGyalrong Tibetan lived in Ming Village.Through the study of the exchange behavior and the special gift of the Ranjie in Ming Village,we can communications the gift exchange behavior in Ming Village and the existing gift exchange theory.And through the gift exchange to explore the traditional social life,social relations structure and family community construction of Ming Village.Firstly,overview of the basic situation and the exchange behavior in the economic life of Ming village,it mainly deals with the basic situation,the distribution of resources and economic structure,the system of religious belief and ritual life of Ming village.The second is the detailed description of the exchange behavior and a special Ranjie gift exchange behavior in the funeral ceremony.Then,it describes the exchange behavior and special Ranjie gift exchange in the funeral ceremony from the economic level.The last part is the analysis of the motive and social relations of Ranjie gift exchange.Finally draw a conclusion,Gift and social relations,social structure interact with the whole community.