The Reconstruction Of Traditional Festivals And Its Meaning Evolution

"Gou Lan Yao" is a branch of "Pingdi Yao People",widely distributed in southern Hunan and northern Guangxi surrounded by Nanling area where Jiangyong County is located in its the Meng Zhu Ling area."Goulan Yao " and "Qingxi Yao","Gu diao Yao" "Fuling Yao" and known as "Jiangyong four Min yao".In the long-term farming civilization and rice cultivation way,the traditional farming festival "Mud-washing Festival" was formed,which expressed Gou Lanyao’s unique time recognition system.It has survived several upheavals,from folk customs to festival rituals,and then to the dynamic process of reconstruction after being included in the intangible cultural heritage list.The research focus of this paper is to analyze the reconstruction process of Mud-washing Festival under the background of modernization and the evolution of its meaning system,as well as the transformation of livelihood and belief behind it.It focuses on the reconstruction process of the festival and conducts a "deep description" study on the ceremony of mud Washing Festival and its evolution of meaning.Mud-washing Festival is a folk traditional farming festival integrating the belief,sacrifice,dance,diet and other cultures of Gou Lan Yao.Gou Lan Yao people regard it as a cultural mark and identity mark different from other ethnic groups,and the state has included it in the protection system of intangible cultural heritage.This process of restoration and reconstruction is realized by the joint efforts of multiple factors.The Mud-washing festival was restored and growing,but after reconstruction its features and meanings have changed significantly-its religious and farming faith desalinate,communication function can no longer be emphasized,the meaning of the festival as a special time nodes become weak or even canceled and festival culture turn to political meaning construction.Among them,the most obvious features are that the traditional festivals have changed to entertainment festivals,the agricultural and sacred nature has weakened,and the entertainment and performance have strengthened.The culture in festivals is regarded as "capital" and further developed into "economic capital".This study found that it is not easy and sustainable for traditional festivals to survive in a traditional way under the background of the new era.In the reconstruction process of Mud-washing Festival,festival time is extended,performances are produced,and the festival process is constantly changing.Traditional festivals have become a field for the grand gathering of ethnic cultures."Tradition" and "reconstruction" are in mutually constructed and symbiotic relations.The reconstruction of traditional festivals should actively exploit the positive factors in ethnic culture on the basis of respecting traditions to form both traditional and modern times attributes,so as to become a new expression of traditional culture.