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Reflection Of Modernity On Folklore Identity:Root Face Cultural Change Research Of The Giant Locust Tree In Hongtong

Posted on:2019-02-27Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L GeFull Text:PDF
GTID:2405330572963296Subject:Folklore
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Folk to participate in local cultural construction and become a local indicator of culture,is a question of folklore universal attention in recent years,especially deep relationship such as the folk customs and history,tourism,landscape,expression of identity,statement,has become an important way of understanding the modern folk inheritance mechanism.The Giant Locust Tree in Hongtong is an important case,especially in recent years,the construction and development of the root ancestral culture of Giant Locust Tree in Hongtong,which is integrated with the immigrant history,immigrant legend,folk customs and other cultural elements.The "Giant Locust Tree worship custom" was named as "National Intangible Cultural Heritage" in 2008.At present,most of the research results of the Giant Locust Tree are concentrated in immigration.Here mainly from the perspective of folklore,look at the three times of transition in the process of one century historical development of the Giant Locust Tree,namely the folk memory classic,the standardization of the ancestors and the traditional folk landscape three stages,further discuss how folk elements is involved in local culture shaping process,rethinking folk inheritance mechanism of modernity."Asked where my ancestors were,the Giant Locust Tree in Hongtong,Shanxi.What is the name of the ancestral home? The old stork nest under the Giant Locust Tree.The classic folk song that is full of historical memory and sentimental.It has been passed down from generation to generation and has profoundly affected the image of the“Holy Land”of the northern migrants.In the modern reflection of folk identity,the first thing to consider is the first question.How is history and folk memory become folkloric? That is the classic of legend resources and local folk,accompanied by a large number of vivid folk legends and explanations,the second chapter in the historical memory of “the Giant Locust Tree",ancestors,the Giant Locust Tree,old stork nest become important imagine of immigration.In the republic of China,Hongtong businessmen who were in the field of business in the republic of China were the first to monumental chronicle,and the folkcustoms and the Hongtong immigrants were linked together.Thus "the immigrant memory of the great pagoda tree" is classical,and the oral tradition and historical relics are related.Secondly,it is the ritualization of folk identity.In the third chapter,in the ceremony of the ancestor worship of the Giant Locust Tree,the descendants of the the Giant Locust Tree often returned to the Giant Locust Tree to worship their ancestors,forming a rich tradition of ancestor worship.Since 1991 to 2018,the government in traditional folk worship ancestors,started 27 years of officer of the people with “the ancestor-worship celebration”.This makes the folk-custom identity renewed through the commemorative features of the “ritual” and penetrated deeply into people's hearts.Nowadays,the ceremony of ancestor worship,which is mainly in Cold Food,Cold Clothes,Qingming Festival,has become an important folk symbol.Thirdly,it is the landscape of folklore identification.In the fourth chapter,the Giant Locust Tree scenic spot has built a popular participation and experience on the basis of the folk customs in the perspective of tourism and folk customs in the new period.In the1960 s,European and American folklorists discussed the change of modern folk customs and called it "Folklorism".At `present,the folk performance,the folk custom,the commercialization of folk custom and so on are still the problems of "folk-custom".In fact,the public participate shows the new folk identity consciousness,and after a long time accumulation has become a new "standard folk".So the landscape,visualization and commercialization has become the important mechanism of the folk custom identity in the new period.
Keywords/Search Tags:the Giant Locust Tree in Hongtong, Root culture, Folkloric identity, Modernity reflection
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