| China is a multi-ethnic country,and different ethnic groups have their own unique ethnic culture.The priest is the host of the primitive religious rituals of the Gaopo Miao people.They are well versed in the history and various customs of the Miao tribes.They are local cultural elites,intellectuals and inheritors of their own traditional culture,and belong to the entire cultural system.The deepest part of it can be said to be the social teacher in Gaopo Miao society.The priest culture is created and inherited by the priest and the Gaopo Miao people.It takes the sacrificial words,magical instruments and ceremonies as the carrier,takes the belief of ghosts and gods and ancestor worship as the core,and chants the sacrificial words and sacrificial acts as the main means.,Using sacrificial objects as a medium,but also contains a religious culture of local Miao people ’s knowledge of religion,philosophy,ethics,customs,etiquette,astronomical calendar,historical geography,medicine and so on.As the core and core component of the Gaopo Miao traditional culture,the content of the priest culture is rich and profound,involving all aspects of the Miao culture,and has an extremely profound impact on the life and basic education of the Gaopo Miao people.,With unique educational value and cultural value.In this study,Gaopo Miao Township in Huaxi District was used as a field survey site,using literature research methods,field survey methods and semi-structured interview methods,to go deep into Gaopo Township and obtain a wealth of first-hand and literature information.On the basis of systematic collation and analysis,taking social education as the research perspective,we will firmly discuss the main function of the educational function of the priest culture as a traditional culture,and analyze the society contained in the priest culture Educational function.Through a brief overview of the natural environment,social environment and spiritual environment ofGaopo Miao Township,and the origin and development status of the priest culture,it is concluded that the inheritance and development of the priest culture and the survival of the Gaopo Miao people And development have extremely important significance.Through the discussion of the cultural and social education function of the Miao priest culture in Gaopo Township,it is concluded that the function of the priest culture is to shape the individual members of the Miao people in Gaopo in the outlook on life and values,the formation of ideology and morality,and the enhancement of ethnic identity and culture.The unique educational function of identification and other aspects also has an educational function that cannot be ignored in promoting the harmonious development of society,coordinating the relationship between man and nature and inheriting ethnic culture.However,there are certain difficulties in the development of the priest culture,that is,with social changes and changes in the livelihood of local people,the cultural awareness of some people has become weak,and the lack of cultural protection awareness has hindered the function of the priest culture and social education..However,the contradiction between the development of society and the protection of traditional culture is not immediately resolved by people.How to give full play to the advantages of priest culture in the context of rural revitalization,link it with tourism for the benefit of people,and take effective measures Measures are urgent to protect the priest culture as an intangible cultural heritage. |