Research On Basketball Ritual And Cultural Identity In Dongguan

Dongguan basketball movement is a unique phenomenon in the domain of China's basketball and even in China's competitive field.From the perspective of cultural anthropology,basketball,as an imported sport,has taken root and developed rapidly in Dongguan,which is the result of the recognition and choice of basketball by Dongguan and its people.Ritual is a unique cultural phenomenon in human society and has always been an important content of cultural anthropologists' concern and research.Through ritual,a strong collective identity can be built,thus playing a role in integrating social order.Classical anthropology and sports anthropology mainly focus on the history,myth and national traditional sports culture and other fields,with insufficient attention to modern competitive sports.Due to the ubiquitous phenomenon and process of ritual in the rules,organization,training and competition of basketball in Dongguan,it is worth exploring with the theory and method of ritual.This study will beset Dongguan basketball as the research object.Based on the theory of anthropology and cultural identity,the author uses literature research,case analysis,interview,questionnaire and on-the-spot investigation and other research methods to describe the forms of expression of Dongguan basketball ritual,parsing the function and value of Dongguan basketball ritual,trying to clarify the relationship between Dongguan basketball movement and the relationship between the cultural identity so as to support Dongguan basketball culture construction and development and enrich sports anthropology theory.The introduction part of this paper puts forward the research issues of basketball culture and basketball ritual in Dongguan,puts emphasis on the research overview of ritual,cultural identity and basketball ritual and its cultural identity,and introduces the basic theory,purpose and significance of the research and main research methods.The first and second parts are the description and theoretical discussion of the basketball phenomenon and the basketball ritual in Dongguan.This paper mainly analyzes the three forms and their main functions of Dongguan basketball ritual,including individual basketball ritual,basketball procedure ritual and basketball ritual activity,and also analyzes the symbol and implication of Dongguan basketball ritual.The third and fourth parts are about the measurement and analysis of Dongguan basketball cultural identity and the theoretical analysis of the construction ofDongguan basketball cultural identity through basketball sports ritual.This paper mainly discusses the mechanism and principle of basketball ritual of the construction of basketball cultural identity in Dongguan.The last part of the paper is the main conclusion of this research,the shortcomings of this research and the prospect of future research.The main conclusions are as follows: First,the anthropological interpretation of basketball in Dongguan reveals that there are ritual processes in the rules,organization,training and competitions of basketball events in Dongguan,and there are three types of individual basketball ritual,basketball procedure ritual and basketball ritual activity.The basketball ritual in Dongguan effectively integrates the history,culture,belief and values of basketball in Dongguan to form "Dongguan Basketball Court".Second,Dongguan residents,Dongguan society and even the nationwide basketball cultural identity in Dongguan is high.Basketball cultural identity has played an important role in the development of basketball and even Dongguan society.Thirdly,the three steps of basketball ritual to the construction of Dongguan's basketball cultural identity are the construction of the basketball cultural identity framework,the strengthening of the city's basketball cultural memory and the formation of Dongguan's basketball cultural community.