Taking “Money” As The Medium: The Construction Of The Relationship Between Gift Money And Rural Society

This paper adopts the“Process-event” perspective,by use the methods of observation and interview,this paper analyzes the interpersonal communication and interactive behavior in the process of following ceremony in F village,which is caused by such questions as“Following the ceremony without following the ceremony”and“Following the number of ceremonies”,this paper explores the role of“Li” as a medium in social communication.The article is divided into five parts,in the introduction part,the paper briefly describes the origin of the study and the current study on the ceremony,on the basis of the review of the existing research issues of this paper.The first chapter mainly introduces the field spot,combs the dynamic vicissitudes of the types of the ritual.The second,third,and fourth chapters record the discussions that have taken place around “Rites”,in which the role of “Rites”,as a media,in social interaction,is discussed.The study found that the host family extended invitations to relatives,fellow villagers,outsiders and business partners in both formal and informal ways,with typical“Relationship expectations”,this stage is similar to the first stage of information dissemination;after receiving an invitation,the attendant initiates consultations within the family and among relatives and friends on the Act of accompanying the ceremony and the gift of money,and the relationship between self and the other party to“Value”,and then with a certain amount of gifts to“Price”,This is similar to the process by which the audience decodes and interprets the message and gives feedback;the host assesses the previous“Relationship expectations” based on the follower’s behavior and the amount of money after the dinner,and redefine the relationship accordingly.A single human circulation system forms a complete model of information dissemination,in the process,based on the“Ceremony” of the intermediary and “Liquidity,” gifts become a natural media,it can maintain the original relationship of rural society,also can produce new social relations,but also define and regulate social relations,is the expression of emotional ties,urban and rural social relations of the adhesive.