Han-Tibetan cultural integration : ethnography of Benzilan town in Northwest Yunnan /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhinong, Li, 1969- (Author), Baifeng, Ding, 1972- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Hua, Tan (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Chinese
Published: New York, NY : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2023]
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Ancient Villages in Hengduan Mountains
  • I. Geographical Location and History of Local Government
  • II. Collective Memory of Tusi (chieftain) Shiyi
  • III. Population and Livelihoods
  • References
  • 2. Geographical Determinism of the Ancient Tea Horse Road
  • I. Princess Passing by
  • II. Story of Benzilan on the Ancient Tea Horse Road
  • III. Business Stories in "Little Hong Kong"
  • IV. Fragmented Description of the Town of Wooden Bowls
  • V. Embracing Non-natives
  • VI. "Government Employees" in Benzilan
  • References
  • 3. Spiritual Destination in Three Aspects
  • I. Piety and Faith under Curling Smoke of Mulberry Firewood
  • II. Personal Experience of a "Cangba"
  • III. Custom of "Secondary Burial" in the Interaction between Tibetan Buddhism and Confucian Culture
  • References
  • 4. Three Forms of Public Life
  • I. Worshiping Sacred Mountains
  • II. Humorous Tea Party of Lasi Festival
  • III. New Year Pork Feast and "Eating Xiaoshui"
  • References
  • 5. Clothing, Food and Singing and Dancing
  • I. Flamboyant Attire
  • II. Inheritance and Change of Traditional Diets (Contest between
  • Coca-Cola and Butter Tea)
  • III. Benzilan Guozhuang Song and Dance
  • IV. Three Generations of Guozhuang Artists
  • References
  • 6. Marriage and Women
  • I. Polygamous Families in Benzilan
  • II. "Namage" and "Basige"
  • III. Complete Tibetan Wedding in Benzilan
  • IV. Case Study of Women's Social Life
  • References
  • 7. Two Telling Stories
  • I. Tibetan Language School Deep in the Mountain
  • II. Story of the Capable Zhaba.