Ethnic Minority Areas Research Articles

The Impact of Western Scholars on the Music Education of the Jingpo Ethnic Group in Yunnan, China

This research attempts to uncover the influence of Western scholars’ activities on music education in the Jingpo areas of Dehong Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in western Yunnan, China, during the early 20th century. The differences exist in the cultures, languages, and beliefs of the various ethnic groups in Yunnan. As such, systematic basic education is difficult to carry out in order, especially music education. However, this phenomenon changed in the early 20th century with the arrival of Western scholars. This study will analyze existing literature and data collected in fieldwork to trace the origins of Western music education in the Jingpo areas. In addition, the study intends to explore the localized and modernized music education model used by Western scholars for Jingpo. Furthermore, this research may help broaden the understanding of minority communities to the development of music education policies that precede the implementation of regulations. Additionally, it seeks to raise awareness of the music of ethnic minority groups worldwide and to achieve equality of musical education resources in ethnic minority areas as much as possible.

Law on Ensuring the Legitimate Interests of the People in the Land Sector

Recently, shortcomings in legal policies and practices, together with lax land management, have led to many land conflicts, causing complex political and social hotspots. Among the causes of this situation are unreasonable compensation prices for site clearance; unclear land boundaries, lack of legal basis, lack of land management records; and overlaps and conflicts between customs and practices of land use with laws and administrative regulations in land management in ethnic minority areas. The purpose of this study is to clarify the limitations in land laws such as land use limits, land use terms; regulations on land recovery and compensation when recovering land, restrictions on land prices; regulations on resettlement for people whose land is recovered; land use planning; from these shortcomings, propose solutions to improve land laws to protect the legitimate interests of the people.

Chain mediating role of moral values identification and positive psychological capital in the relationship between meaning in life and crisis vulnerability.

To explore the relationship between meaning in life and vulnerability to crisis among undergraduate nursing students and the chain mediating effect between moral values identification and positive psychological capital (PsyCap). A total of 330 undergraduate nursing students majoring in traditional Chinese medicine in ethnic minority areas of Yunnan Province were administered the Meaning in Life Questionnaire, Moral Values Identification Identity Questionnaire, Positive PsyCap Questionnaire, and Crisis Vulnerability Scale. Meaning in life was negatively correlated with crisis vulnerability and positively correlated with moral values identification and positive PsyCap. Crisis vulnerability was negatively correlated with moral values and positive PsyCap. Moral values was positively correlated with positive PsyCap. Chain mediation effect analysis demonstrated that meaning in life cannot directly predict crisis vulnerability, but it can predict crisis vulnerability through 3 indirect paths: the mediating role of moral values identification, the mediating role of positive PsyCap, and the chain mediating role of moral values identification and positive PsyCap. Meaning in life can indirectly reduce crisis vulnerability among undergraduate nursing students by enhancing moral values identification and positive PsyCap.

The healthcare support program and healthcare utilization of older adults in ethnic minority areas in Vietnam

Over the past few decades, Vietnam has experienced a substantial improvement in health outcomes, providing an example of a low-income country that has achieved a major success in public health despite the lack of resources. However, inequalities in access to healthcare services persist among the poor, ethnic minorities, and other vulnerable groups. To address this issue, the Vietnamese government implemented a healthcare support program in ethnic minority areas in 2013. We examine the effects of this program on healthcare utilization among older individuals aged 55–74. Employing a difference-in-differences approach and data from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey from 2008 to 2018, we find that the program has a positive effect on inpatient visits at public health facilities. However, the program has no impact on outpatient visits. Additional analysis reveals that the program increases outpatient visits at commune health stations and inpatient visits at district hospitals. There is also suggestive evidence of a switch from private to public facilities. Our results suggest that providing healthcare resources to disadvantaged areas can increase healthcare utilization of older people, which can, in turn, improve their health outcomes.

A Brief Discussion on the Singing Evolution and Promotion of the Buyi Folk Song Hao Hua Hong

Folk songs refer to the songs created by each ethnic group in ancient or modern times with their own ethnic style characteristics, and are the traditional songs of the working people of each ethnic group. Despite the occasional sheet music relic, this art form is primarily transmitted dynamically.As the idea of comprehensive national strength has grown, ethnic minorities rich cultures have emerged as a crucial indicator of the health of our nation. Thus, Hao Hua Hong has great cultural potential as a significant representative raised in ethnic minority areas and nourished by a variety of civilizations. In order to strengthen cultural independence, self-improvement, and confidence based on cultural orientation, this article will analyze the singing style and cultural aesthetics of the Buyi folk song Hao Hua Hong and talk about the passing down, preservation, promotion, and dissemination of local culture based on its interpretation.

The association between intergroup contact and psychological capital among adolescents from Chinese ethnic minority areas: A latent profile analysis

Intergroup contact has been reliably associated with reduced prejudice and improved intergroup relations in research; however, relatively little is known about the association between intergroup contact and psychological capital. Guided by the tertiary transfer effect of intergroup contact, this study examined the latter association. A total of 1501 adolescents (M = 15.72 years, 55.8 % female) from areas in China mainly inhabited by ethnic minorities participated in this study. Latent profile analysis revealed that psychological capital could be classified into four different types: lowest (7.1 %), lower (51.0 %), mid (34.5 %), and high (7.3 %). Multinomial logistic regression revealed a positive association between contact quality (but not contact quantity and the product of contact quantity and quality) and the odds of adolescents being classified into the lower, mid, and high groups when compared to the lowest group. Moreover, the association between contact quality and being classified into the high group, compared to the lowest group, was stronger for boys than for girls. The implications of these findings are discussed in both theoretical and practical terms.

Research on the Disaster Management of China’s Ethnic Minority Autonomous Regions in the Development of Modernization Construction—Taking Mabian Yi Autonomous County in Southern Sichuan as an Example

Many ethnic minority autonomous regions in China, mainly in mountainous areas, have caused great harm to people’s life and property safety due to frequent geological disasters. Therefore, it has become an urgent task for the government to create a system for predicting, preventing and effectively responding to disasters, and to strengthen the ability of relevant regions to jointly resist disasters. This paper takes Mabian Yi Autonomous County as the research object, and studies the disaster management of Mabian Yi Autonomous County. The research focuses on geological disaster vulnerability evaluation, geological disaster hazard evaluation, geological disaster risk evaluation, and geological disaster carrying capacity evaluation. The two elements of geological disaster risk evaluation are vulnerability evaluation and hazard evaluation. The main element of geological disaster carrying capacity evaluation is risk evaluation. Through evaluation, it is found that the central and eastern regions of Mabian Yi Autonomous County can be used as population concentration areas and develop modern agriculture and tourism. The western and northeastern regions can be used as nature reserves. Based on the above evaluation results, the disaster management opinions of Mabian Yi Autonomous County are given. This makes the government have a certain reference basis in the preparation of regional construction policy planning. From the perspective of unique disaster management, this paper provides the government with a political governance model for ethnic minority areas through the harmonious development of man and nature, to achieve a goal of sustainable development.

Spatial Syntactic Analysis and Revitalization Strategies for Rural Settlements in Ethnic Minority Areas: A Case Study of Shuanglang Town, China

Spatial Syntactic Analysis and Revitalization Strategies for Rural Settlements in Ethnic Minority Areas: A Case Study of Shuanglang Town, China

The Impact of Social Support on the College Enrollment Aspirations of Ethnic Minority Vocational Students: A Case Study of a Modern Industrial College in Xinjiang

In recent years, China has been striving to enhance the quality of the population in ethnic minority areas, promote local talent cultivation, and accelerate local economic development by increasing investment in basic education resources and expanding enrollment in higher education. This study conducted semi-structured interviews with 27 ethnic minority students from a modern industrial college in Xinjiang to explore the influence of social support on academic aspirations. Employing qualitative research methods and drawing on the interview outline by Wang (2020), supported by Ajzen’s (1991) Theory of Planned Behavior, the study concludes that national policies, schools, teachers, and parents influence the academic aspirations of ethnic minority students. Based on these findings, the study suggests the effective implementation of relevant national policies and calls for schools, teachers, and parents to pay attention to and encourage the academic aspirations of ethnic minority students. This study inspires future scholars to pay more attention to the academic aspirations of ethnic minority students, aiming to provide them with more assistance and improve the overall education level of ethnic minority students.

Assessment of Rural Industry Integration Development, Spatiotemporal Evolution Characteristics, and Regional Disparities in Ethnic Regions: A Case Study of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Counties

Ethnic regions in China primarily focus on the development of agricultural and animal husbandry economies, which are relatively underdeveloped. Rural industry integration development (RIID) is considered the foundation and guarantee for ethnic regions to achieve high-quality modernization of agriculture. The purpose of this article is to measure the level of rural industrial integration in ethnic minority areas, analyze the spatial evolution and regional differences, and explore the actual situation of RIID in these regions. The aim is to provide a decision-making basis for local governments to effectively promote the development of rural industrial integration. Based on the improvement of the evaluation index system for rural industrial integration development, this paper takes the counties of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region as the research area. Utilizing panel data from the statistical yearbooks of 68 banners and counties in Inner Mongolia from 2011 to 2020, the panel entropy weight TOPSIS method is employed to assess the average level of rural industrial integration in the research area. The ArcGIS natural breakpoint method is employed to classify the level of RIID in county areas. Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) and GeoDa are utilized to analyze the spatial distribution characteristics of RIID. Finally, the Theil index is employed to analyze the regional differences in the level of RIID. The results show the following: (1) The overall level of RIID in ethnic regions is relatively low, with the contributions of the four dimensions in the evaluation index system as follows: integration path > integration foundation > integration sustainability > integration effect. The level of RIID in the study area is as follows: western region > eastern region > central region. (2) Spatially, there are positive correlations and significant spatial clustering in the level of RIID, with the spatial clustering effect of RIID weakening. (3) There are regional differences in the level of RIID, which are expanding. The inter-regional differences are decreasing, while the intra-regional differences are increasing. (4) The construction of agricultural processing facilities, financial investment, financial support, and talent policies are important influencing factors for the current stage of RIID in ethnic regions. Therefore, in the low-level development stage of RIID in ethnic regions, it is necessary to fully utilize the advantages of resource endowment, increase investment in rural infrastructure, and strengthen the guidance of talent flow into rural revitalization construction.

Evaluation and influencing factors of ecological resilience in tourism villages from farmers’ perspectives: a case study of Chinese minority settlement areas

Rural social-ecological systems have been significantly impacted by the development of rural tourism, creating substantial challenges for the synergistic development of rural ecological restoration and agricultural workers’ household livelihoods. In alignment with the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration action plan, it is crucial to understand the ecological resilience of tourism villages from the perspective of farmers to achieve sustainable development. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were conducted in this study to gather livelihood data from farmers in tourism villages in Xiangxi, China, a region primarily inhabited by ethnic minorities. A measurement index system for the ecological resilience of rural tourism was constructed based on the three dimensions: pressure, state, and response. A comprehensive index method was employed for quantitative evaluation, and influencing factors were analyzed using an obstacle model. The results show that farmers’ livelihoods can be divided into four types: tourism-led, labor-led, agriculture-led, and part-time tourism-based. Their ecological resilience indices are 0.4516, 0.4177, 0.4001, and 0.4590, respectively, representing an overall intermediate level. There are differences in various indices for different livelihood types, with the highest stress index observed in labor-led farmers (0.1655), the highest state index in agriculture-led farming households (0.1585), and the highest response index in tourism-led farming households (0.1766). Common obstacles to the ecological resilience of farmers and their villages include the number of family members engaged in tourism work, the area of forest land, and the farmers’ understanding of ecological policies affecting them. Additionally, core family members’ education levels and the area of homesteads emerged as important obstacle factors. Based on these research findings, recommendations are proposed to enhance the ecological resilience of rural farmer households in the tourism villages of ethnic minority areas. The aim is to provide valuable case studies for promoting the sustainable development of rural tourism in underdeveloped regions worldwide.

Innovative Paths for Digital Empowerment in RuralRevitalization of Ethnic Minority Areas

The integrated development of urban and rural areas is the main line and focus of the three rural issues'' work in the new era, which is of great significance for solving the problems of unbalanced and inadequate development in ethnic regions and promoting the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas. Based on the review of the evolution of urban-rural relations and related theories of urban-rural integrated development, this paper analyzes the prominent problems in ethnic regions, such as the imbalance of urban-rural development, rural hollowing, lagging infrastructure and public services, and ecological environment protection. Centering on the main line of digital empowerment for rural revitalization in ethnic regions, systematic countermeasures and suggestions are put forward from the aspects of constructing a digital rural development strategy'', promoting the system integration of `people-industry-land' '', taking classified measures to promote the revitalization of different types of rural areas'', promoting the free flow of urban and rural production factors'', and promoting rural space reconstruction''. At the same time, based on typical case practices, the replicable and extendable experience of digital rural development is summarized, the main challenges faced are analyzed, and policy suggestions are put forward from the aspects of top-level design, financial support, resource integration, pilot demonstration, and talent cultivation, so as to provide theoretical support and practical guidance for the integrated development of urban and rural areas and rural revitalization in ethnic regions.

The Practice and Path Selection of Rural Rule of Law in Guangxi's Ethnic Minority Areas

The Practice and Path Selection of Rural Rule of Law in Guangxi's Ethnic Minority Areas

THE SPECIFICITY OF FORMING AESTHETIC VALUES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES WITH THE HELP OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

This article expounds the particularity of the discipline setting of Chinese college students' aesthetic values from the perspective of the four disciplines of music history theory, music appreciation, music aesthetics and music practice offered in Chinese universities, the article also gives a detailed description of the musical instruments used by college students in the course of studying these disciplines. In Chinese colleges and universities, students form aesthetic values through Chinese musical art, mainly by studying some disciplines about Chinese music. After analyzing and reading the relevant literature, the authors find that, on the one hand, the music disciplines offered by the universities in China under the guidance of the state policy have common features, but because of the difference of the regional economic development, the local culture, the cognitive difference of the administrators, such as the president, and the difference of their own school-running conditions, the colleges and universities have different characteristics. After analysing the literature connected to the research, the authors find that, on the other hand, the types of musical instruments used by students are subject to the school's music public art curriculum resources. It is emphasised that many well-known universities and provincial key universities in China are rich in music public art teaching resources, students use more instruments, playing professionally. And in most local colleges and universities in ethnic minority areas, college students use fewer musical instruments, and more use of piano, guitar, Cucurbit Wire, harmonica, Zheng and other common fixed pitch, relatively easy to operate the instrument, the minority musical instruments which are special, rare or difficult to learn are seldom used even in universities in minority areas. The study is relevant for comparing the means of forming aesthetic values in different countries. Prospects for further research will be to analyse the methods and forms of forming students' aesthetic values in the educational process of colleges in China and other countries in a comparative aspect.

Study the malnutrition status of children aged 6-24 months of the Cham ethnic group in Tan Chau town, An Giang province in 2018

Background: In recent years, according to the investigation report of the Institute of Nutrition, the malnutrition rate of children in remote, faraway, and ethnic minority areas is still high compared to children in other regions. Studying the malnutrition status of children aged 6 to 24 months of the Cham ethnic group in Tan Chau town, An Giang province is a practical need to provide some scientific evidence for interventions to reduce the malnutrition rate of children in the locality. This study aims to explore the nutritional status of children aged 6-24 months of the Cham ethnic group in Tan Chau town, An Giang province in 2018. Methods: Cross-sectional study. Subjects: Cham ethnic children from 6 to 24 months old at the time of the survey and the mothers of the children living in Tan Chau town, An Giang province. Results: Research shows that the average weight and length increase with age group, and boys have higher corresponding average values than girls. The malnutrition group has the highest malnutrition rate in the age group of 6-12 months at 27.2% and the lowest in the age group of 19-24 months at 2.6%. Undernourished group in the Stunted category has the highest undernourishment rate in the age group of 6-12 months at 44.1% and the lowest in the age group of 19-24 months at 25.7%. Undernourished group in the Wasted category has the highest undernourishment rate in the age group of 13-18 months at 13.9% and the lowest in the age group of 19-24 months at 2.6%. Conclusions: The malnutrition status of children aged 6-24 months of the Cham ethnic group in Tan Chau town, An Giang province in 2018 is still quite high.

Exploration of Strategies for Promoting the Digital Transformation of Education in Ethnic Minority Areas

Exploration of Strategies for Promoting the Digital Transformation of Education in Ethnic Minority Areas

On the Construction and Development of Local Literature in College Libraries in Ethnic Areas

Libraries of colleges and universities in ethnic minority areas play an important role in serving ethnic minority students. However, with the times in the context of continuous development, there are many problems in the construction of local literature in the libraries of colleges and universities in ethnic minority areas, which need to be strengthened urgently. In this paper, through the investigation and analysis of the current situation of the construction of the Kangba Literature Library in the library of Sichuan Institute for Nationalities, the countermeasures to strengthen the construction of the local literature library in the libraries of colleges and universities in ethnic minority areas are put forward. Hopefully, it can be beneficial to the construction of Kamba Literature Library in the libraries of colleges and universities in minority areas. At the same time, it is also hoped that the relevant departments can pay attention to this problem and take practical and effective measures to promote the development of the construction of literature libraries in college libraries in ethnic minority areas.

Research on the Influencing Factors of Online Tourism Product Purchase Intention in Ethnic Minority Areas—Taking Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture as an Example

[Purpose] Fully explore the humanistic value of tourism resources in ethnic minority areas, explore the current situation and improvement direction of their tourism products, and promote the high-quality improvement of their tourism products. [Method] Taking online tourism products in Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province as the research object, a covariance based structural equation model was used to study the impact of destination characteristics, tourists' perceived usefulness, perceived risk, and tourists' trust on the overall purchase intention of tourism products in Ganzi Prefecture from the perspective of consumers. [Results] Research shows that consumers' perceived usefulness, trust level, and tourism destination characteristics have a significant positive correlation with the overall purchase intention of tourism products in Ganzi Prefecture. Perceived usefulness is the core influencing factor that affects the overall purchase intention of tourism products in Ganzi Prefecture, and there is a negative correlation between perceived risk and the overall purchase intention of tourism products in Ganzi Prefecture. [Conclusion] In the design and creation of online tourism products in Ganzi Prefecture, it is necessary to fully respect and consider consumers' psychological preferences for tourism destination characteristics, perceived usefulness, perceived risk, and level of trust. The research results will provide management decision-making and reference for tourism product planning companies in ethnic minority areas.

On the Path of High Level Development of Tourism and Cultural Industry in Ethnic Minority Regions

Comprehensively promoting rural revitalization and focusing on promoting high-quality development is a major strategic deployment proposed in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Promoting the higher-level development of the tourism and cultural industry in ethnic minority areas is not only a concrete manifestation of implementing the new development concept and continuously consolidating the achievements of poverty alleviation, but also an inherent requirement for promoting the rapid development of the cultural industry, enhancing the country's soft power and competitiveness. It is also an inevitable choice for advancing the task of comprehensively building a socialist modernized country. However, due to multiple factors such as geographical location and historical conditions, there is still significant room for adjustment in achieving higher levels of development in the tourism and cultural industry in ethnic minority areas. This article focuses on ethnic minority areas with relatively lagging economic development in the rural revitalization strategy, studies the current development status and improvement paths of the tourism and cultural industry in these areas, comprehensively analyzes the problems and reasons faced by the tourism and cultural industry in ethnic minority areas, and proposes corresponding countermeasures and suggestions based on reality.

The Realistic Dilemma and Implementation Path of Campus Football Development in Minority Areas under the Background of Rural Revitalization Strategy

On February 25, 2021, the National Poverty Alleviation Commendation Conference solemnly announced to the world that poverty alleviation has achieved comprehensive victory. Rural revitalization strategy is the new era to accelerate rural development, promote the integration of urban and rural development of the general starting point, the proposal of rural revitalization for the development of rural sports to create favorable conditions, but also provides an important opportunity for the vigorous development of rural campus football. Under the guarantee of the national government, the poverty alleviation in ethnic minority areas has achieved initial results, but the geographical location of ethnic minority areas is remote, the distribution of personnel is relatively scattered, the educational environment is backward, and the teachers are insufficient, and many key problems still need to be "tailored". Campus football is the only way for the development of school sports in minority areas and a strong support for the high-quality development of school sports in rural areas. The development of campus football in minority areas is conducive to breaking the single physical education teaching mode in rural areas, promoting the all-round development of students' body and mind, awakening the sportsmanship of people in minority areas, and reducing the possibility of education in minority areas returning to poverty. Therefore, in combination with the national policy background of rural revitalization, this study investigates the difficulties and problems in the development of campus football in border minority areas by means of literature, questionnaire and field investigation, in order to analyze the predicament of campus football in minority areas, and aims to provide ideas for better development of campus football in minority areas.