Traditional Ethnic Culture Research Articles

Ethnobotanical studies on rice landraces under on-farm conservation in Xishuangbanna of Yunnan Province, China

BackgroundA complex interaction and mutual influence exists among landscapes, cultures, and landraces, with rice culture being a typical embodiment of this relationship. The conservation of landraces operates alongside preserving traditional practices. The Xishuangbanna region stands out as a hub for the genetic diversity of landraces, boasting rich genetic resources. Despite the diverse rice resources in this region, a comprehensive and systematic study has not been undertaken.MethodsFrom October to November 2023, we collected rice landraces under the on-farm conservation in 18 townships including Menghai, Mengla and Jinghong in Xishuangbanna. Employing semi-structured interviews and various methods, we investigated factors influencing the preservation and loss of rice landraces in the region. Statistical analysis was applied to the agronomic traits of collected local rice, encompassing indica or japonica, glutinous or non-glutinous, grain shape, and hull color as second category traits. The second category included quantitative traits like thousand grain weight and grain length. Rice diversity among different regions, traits, and ethnic groups was assessed using the Shannon–Wiener index. Additionally, clustering analysis via the UPGMA method depicted the distribution characteristics of the resources.ResultsA total of 70 rice landraces were collected in the Xishuangbanna region, each exhibiting distinct characteristics. Differences were observed across regions, trait, naming, and ethnic groups. Diversity analysis revealed that Mengla had the highest diversity, followed by Menghai, while Jinghong exhibited the lowest diversity. The second category of traits displayed broader diversity than the first, with the Dai people’s glutinous rice showcasing greater diversity than other ethnic groups. Cluster analysis categorized the 70 samples into seven groups at a genetic distance of 1.15. Ethnobotanical interviews emphasized the rapid loss of rice landraces resources in Xishuangbanna, with indigenous ethnic cultures playing a vital role in the conservation of rice landraces. Dai traditions, in particular, played a crucial role in protecting glutinous rice resources, showcasing a mutual dependence between Dai culture and glutinous rice.ConclusionsThe rich natural environment and diverse ethnic cultures in Xishuangbanna have given rise to various rice landraces. The Dai, primary cultivators of glutinous rice with higher diversity, intertwine their traditional ethnic culture with the conservation of glutinous rice resources. At the same time, the preserving glutinous rice resources promotes the inheritance of Dai ethnic culture. However, rice landraces are facing the risk of loss. Hence, collecting and documenting rice landraces is crucial. Encourage local communities to sustain and expand their cultivation, promoting on-farm conservation. These measures contribute valuable germplasm and genes for rice breeding and serve as a means of cultural preservation.

The value and implementation path of smart media technology application in the cultural heritage of ethnic traditional sports

This study analyses the value of embedding smart media technology in the protection and inheritance of traditional Chinese national sports culture, explores the logical relationship between smart media technology and traditional sports culture inheritance, and proposes innovative development paths based on the basic principles and development trends in an attempt to provide useful references for the living inheritance and sustainable development of traditional Chinese national sports culture. The rational use of smart media technology can effectively drive the high-quality development of various fields. The application of smart media technology in the inheritance and development of traditional ethnic sports culture is expected to reflect the diversified values, based on which it is important to point out that the implementation path of the new smart media technology to accelerate the promotion of traditional ethnic sports culture is of great significance in practical development. This study uses the PDCA cycle theory to establish a research idea based on the main line of “value analysis-proposed path-path evaluation-continuous optimization”, whereby the smart media technology drives the innovation of the development situation, and pushes the dissemination of Chinese traditional national sports culture into the smart media era. It is found that the integration of the two helps to innovate the way of cultural inheritance, is conducive to better excavation and collation of the essence of excellent traditional sports culture, and can better promote diversified development. It is conducive to promoting the sustainable development of the traditional sports culture industry. It is conducive to the promotion of national cultural exchanges, exchanges, intermingling and the enhancement of national cohesion, and helps to effectively excavate and reasonably use the deep value of smart media technology; it should be based on the needs of development and innovative communication and development of smart sports culture mode. The development of traditional sports short video platform, the construction of intelligent traditional sports into the campus system, the construction of a diversified system of communication mode; from the “traditional inheritance mode” to the “intelligent leadership”, the integration of content, innovative inheritance mode. From “cultural inheritance” to “resource sharing”, precise positioning and integration of resources. Eventually, a system will be formed that is led by intelligent innovation, optimizes the mode, improves the content, and strengthens the evaluation and feedback.

Yi Lacquerware Artistic Characteristics of Modern Art Design Applications

This article delves into the cultural background and artistic elements of Yi lacquerware, exploring their integration with modern art design concepts to underscore the imperative of preserving Yi lacquerware in today’s society. The focus lies on innovatively blending the visual aspects of traditional Yi handicrafts into contemporary art design, ensuring the retention of Yi cultural characteristics while addressing modern aesthetic and functional requirements. Through a detailed examination of the application of Yi lacquerware’s artistic attributes in modern design, the article derives pertinent design strategies that serve as a dual legacy — preserving traditional ethnic culture and offering a substantial contribution to the realm of contemporary art.

Analysis of the Composition of Decorative Elements of Folk Houses in South Eshinan

Located at the junction of Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing and Guizhou provinces, Eshinan is one of the main settlements of the Tujia ethnic group. Its unique geographical environment and historical and cultural factors have created a culture with unique geographical characteristics. It occupies an important position in China's traditional ethnic culture. In particular, the composition characteristics of the decorative elements of the traditional folk houses of the Tujia people are the essence of the Tujia culture. In this paper, through studying the composition characteristics and principles of the decorative elements of Tujia traditional houses, we elaborate the construction technology of Tujia folk house characteristics and the artistic value thereof.

Research on the Application of Traditional Sports Culture in College Physical Education Teaching under the Background of Deep Learning

Abstract In this paper, the transformer target detection algorithm is established by combining deep learning technology, and the Deep algorithm is added on the basis of SORT to optimize and improve SORT and overcome the problems of SORT. After the DeepSORT model is constructed, YOLOv5 is introduced into the model, and finally, the YOLOv5-DeepSORT model for sports element detection and tracking is constructed and completed. The ATT-BERT sports culture element entity recognition model is constructed from four levels: the BERT layer, the BiLSTM layer, the attention layer, and the CRF layer, which results in an application framework for the integration of traditional sports culture into teaching. The influence factors of sports culture perception and sports teaching, as well as the integration of traditional ethnic sports culture into sports teaching in Z, were empirically examined. The study shows that the correlation coefficient between the two is around 0.465, and there is a positive and strong correlation between the two. The correlation coefficients of the dimensions for physical education students and non-physical education students were 0.513, 0.483, 0.485, and 0.462, respectively. The most common teaching methods used by teachers in physical education classrooms integrating traditional sports culture were explanation, demonstration, and complete decomposition, with ratios of 0.78 and 0.7, respectively. The integration of sports culture into physical education has resulted in good results. The outcome was satisfactory.

Local Brands Use Traditional Ethnic Culture to Shape Consumer Stickiness: Taking Huaxizi Brand as an Example

In modern society, domestic consumption is constantly upgrading. After experiencing the climax of the development of foreign culture, national cultural self-confidence begins to awaken, and "national tide fever" comes into being. In this social environment, research on how major domestic beauty brands stand out in the tide of the "national trend". This article takes the domestic beauty brand Huaxizi as the research object and uses literature analysis to identify the main reasons for the success of Huaxizi brand. Huaxizi's brand's reference to traditional culture is not a mechanical collaboration. It simply replicates traditional culture and deeply explores the excellent traditional culture that gradually disappears from the public's perspective. Then, starting from the nature and function of its own products, using modern craftsmanship and production technology, it cleverly integrates traditional culture into its own products and creates its own cultural symbol. Hua Xizi chose a brand recommendation officer in marketing, launched brand songs, and created unique Chinese style makeup. Through various cross-border marketing, she ultimately became a leader in the domestic beauty industry. Huaxizi has not formed its own user pool, and its sales methods are only limited to online sales. In order to achieve greater benefits, it is recommended to create its own exclusive app, establish a physical portal, and choose a marketing method closer to traditional culture.

On the Role of Traditional Ethnic Minority Culture in Reshaping International Order

On the Role of Traditional Ethnic Minority Culture in Reshaping International Order

Research on the Application of Ethnic Music Promotion in Primary School Music Education under the Threshold of Core Literacy

Core literacy is an important concept in the context of the reform of the new curriculum standards and the basic requirement of education reform. Primary education is an important educational stage in a person's life, which has a foundation and laying role in the cultivation of students' literacy. Primary school music is an important part of quality education. The latest music curriculum standards point out the importance of traditional ethnic music culture. Primary school music education actively promotes national music is of great significance to the promotion of traditional Chinese culture. In recent years, there are still problems in the promotion of ethnic music in primary school music education, such as primary school students' low awareness of ethnic music and preference for popular music. the limited teaching level of music teachers. the single national music teaching materials suitable for primary school students, and the lack of popularization of ethnic music in society. This article will expound on the significance of promoting ethnic music in the primary school stage, starting from the concept of core literacy. As well as analyze the problems existing in the promotion of ethnic music in the primary school stage from the three aspects of students, schools, and society, and propose corresponding solutions

Approximation and Preciseness: The Traditional Measurement and Cutting of Ethnic Mongolian Costume in China

Ethnic costume involves systematic traditional culture and diverse folk wisdom. While the modernized measurement and standardized size concepts have influenced the conventional measure and transitional sewing technology in the fabrication practice of ethnic Mongolian costume in modern times. The tradition versus modernity have always been the controversial idea among local society and negotiation in inheritance of traditional culture, as well as attracted great academic interests. In earlier times, as part of the collective memory, traditional Mongolian measurement means not only ensuring the social-cultural continuity but also reflects the invisible discipline power in their own communities, in which facilitated the trade with other culture and material abundance. Conversely, today, the transformation of measurement and cutting artistry of Mongolian costume plays an self-healing role in community. Locally, conventional fabricating techniques symbolized the essence of nomadic culture and social values of exquisite handicraft. Traditional sewing and cutting techniques somehow represented the individual experience of self-worth and social wealth in local community. This paper, examines the innovation of traditional ethnic costume culture and dynamic developing costume market, that reconstructed the traditional culture and diversification of essential cultural need. Meanwhile, this paper illustrated the respect to transitional fabricating craftsmanship as an ethnic costume consumer and a member of ethnic Mongolian culture. Also, the paper discussed in terms of case studies of Mongolian costume practitioners in local society who was part of the costume culture.

Retracted] Intelligent Integration Algorithm of National Traditional Sports Culture Resources Based on Big Data

There is an information island between traditional national sports culture resources and realize the efficient real‐time interconnection of resources. Therefore, this study proposed an intelligent integration algorithm of traditional national sports culture resources using big data that halts the said information island. Firstly, the complete data set is obtained by determining the time attenuation period of the weighted sample, and the mining parameters are based on the real value to realize the in‐depth mining of the resource wisdom of traditional ethnic sports culture. Then, the query set of big data is constructed based on the results of weakly associated data mining, and the query of weakly associated data is completed through data repair. Finally, XML technology is used to run the schema to build a resource integration model. The experimental results show that compared with the traditional integration algorithm, the proposed algorithm can better solve the problem of information island among traditional ethnic sports culture resources at all levels and effectively maintain the stability of the storage environment of traditional ethnic sports culture resources while realizing the real‐time interconnection of resources.

ТИПОЛОГИЯ МИФОЭПИЧЕСКИХ ЖЕНСКИХ ОБРАЗОВ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ ТВОРЧЕСТВА СОВРЕМЕННЫХ ХУДОЖНИКОВ АЛТАЯ)

The article considers the characteristic features of the depiction of the images of a woman-mother and a woman-warrior in the visual arts on the example of the plots of Altai mythology. The paper also analyzes the specificity of the reflection of female archetypes from the standpoint of the cultural-aesthetic and folklore-historical context. On the basis of the study, conclusions were drawn about the significant role of female images in the mythological consciousness of the peoples of Altai. The widespread use of such subjects by contemporary artists of the region is due to the goal of preserving continuity and spreading traditional ethnic culture. Mytho-epic images in the interpretation of modern artists reflect the sacred meanings of the works of Altai folklore, conveying the semantic meaning of their content through artistic images.

Changes and Development of Traditional Culture of the Nomadic People – A Case Study on Naadam in Henan County of Qinghai Province in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Naadam in Henan County of Qinghai province in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is an important traditional ethnic sports activity that has been transformed into a sporting event in the course of cultural reconstruction. The changes in the connotation and form of the festival are intended to embed the traditional culture in the cultural reproduction process of modern life through the reinterpretation and recreation of the traditional cultural elements on the basis of ethnic interactions. Cultural markers, such as horse racing, cultural performance and interaction in the Naadam Festival, constitute high-level emotional connection with the game, thereby reinforcing internal solidarity within the ethnic community and the confidence in the ethnic culture. The changes in the significance of Naadam is also a cultural capital transformation process in order to achieve coordination between the traditional ethnic culture and modern market to achieve a unity of cultural, social, and economic development.

Культурные и конфессиональные реалии гималайских этносов современного Непала

The article examines the cultural and confessional realities of ethnoses and ethnic groups of modern Nepal. However, the limited scope of the article does not allow to consider all ethnic commonalities of the specified region, and the confessional text and context of their traditional ethnic cultures and the adaptation of Hindu, Islamic and Buddhist ideas and practices. This publication will confine only to the territory of modern Nepal, and reserves the right to continue, since representatives of the ethnic cultures described below are inhabitants of other territories of the Great Himalayas. Hindu views of Himalayan ethnic groups represent a unique regional set of religious, mythological, philosophical, legal and ethical ideas of this religious tradition. Muslim religious culture, in our opinion, is not dominant in the rather complex and multi-component confessional canvas of people and ethnic groups of the Himalayas and Tibet proper. The main leading denomination of Himalayan ethnic groups and modern Nepal is still Buddhism.

Ethnic Costume and Custom Interaction in Uzemchin Mongolian of China：A Folkloric Perspective

Costume carries the traditional ethnic culture, and expresses the significance of cultural representation and the collective memory of ethnic groups. Participating in traditional ritual activities and producing cultural practices has become a considerable part of maintaining social relations and inheriting conventional culture in contemporary society. People wear ethnic costumes to participate in the process of social interaction and inherit their cultural traditions. At present, the myriad academic studies pay attention to the historical changes and the category of shaping technology of traditional clothing of Uzemchin Tribe by describing folk customs and sorting historical documents, and analyzing the cultural connotation of clothing by means of patterns and symbols. Folk custom constitutes an important element of life, and also weaves the social order network. This article explicates the cultural integration functioning and representation of ethnic costumes from the perspective of custom interaction of Chinese Mongolian Uzemchin Tribe, and grasps the cultural and social functions of ethnic costumes in modern society. In this research the specific practice of Mongolian costumes in social interaction, the role played by folk events and the expression of costume feelings are presented in the form of ethnography of qualitative research to analyze the content of maintaining social relations of costumes. It involves the traditional reproduction and preservation caused by modernization and globalization. The results manifest that the participation of ethnic costumes can better maintain local folk traditions and regulate local social relations.

Kaža Biņķa „Vējgrābslis” un Aleksandra Čaka „Pilsētas zēns” kā lietuviešu un latviešu modernisma programmas

The article analyses two poems: a poem “A Giddy-Headed” (Vėjavaikis, 1923) by Kazys Binkis (1893–1942) and a poem “A City Brat” (Pilsētas zēns, 1929) by Aleksandrs Čaks (true name Aleksandrs Čadarainis, 1901–1950). The analysis is based on a kind of poetics that could be called micropoetics. Both poems are treated as the modernist programmes of unique Lithuanian and Latvian literatures compared in all essential aspects: 1) conception of man and world; 2) relation to earlier literary trends; 3) genre, expressive means, etc. “A Giddy-Headed” expresses a more abstract, more symbolic, more passionate variant of modernism closer to futurism. “A City Brat” conveys a more realistic, more ironic instance of modernism. Lithuanian modernist poetry, represented by “A Giddy-Headed”, is much closer to the traditional rustic and ethnic culture. In comparison with Latvian poetry, this poetry lacks a stronger urbanistic paradigm, nuanced expression, and a more self-critical attitude.

Analysis of the construction of sports and cultural heritage corridors for ethnic minorities in the context of the “One Belt, One Road” strategy

Minority sports cultural heritage is an important part of China's traditional ethnic culture, for which the construction of heritage corridors is crucial, playing an important role in protecting cultural resources and promoting regional economic development. This paper examines this in depth and discusses the construction of the heritage corridor in relation to the actual situation of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway minority sports culture.

ИСТОРИЯ КАТОЛИЦИЗМА В БАШКОРТОСТАНЕ: КРАТКИЙ ИСТОРИОГРАФИЧЕСКИЙ ОБЗОР

The article examines the main publications covering the centuries-old history of the Catholic Church in the lands of modern Bashkortostan, as well as partly affecting the interaction of local Catholic communities with coreligionists from other cities located in the South Urals, as well as in the Middle Volga region. Unfortunately, there are quite a few special studies on the history of this Christian denomination in our republic. Many works, in one way or another related to this issue, are of a general nature and contain a schematic listing of factual information, or are more devoted to the history of national communities, for which this religion is, to a certain extent, one of the most important elements of traditional ethnic culture. Here it is necessary to note, first of all, publications on the history of the Polish and German diaspora, which provide information about the participation of representatives of these communities in the creation of Catholic parishes and public associations associated with charity and education. At the same time, the significance of the confessional aspect is to a much lesser extent revealed in works on the history of Latvian immigrants from Latgale, Belarusians and Ukrainians from Volyn and Eastern Galicia, who, due to various circumstances, left their homes during the First World War, as well as other Catholic emigrants from Central and Western Europe, located in the Ufa province at the beginning of the XX century. In some articles on demography and striking features of social stratification, one can find indirect references to the presence of Catholics, but this information only It is noteworthy that most publications indicate the middle of the 17th century as the earliest dating of the appearance of believing Catholics in the South Urals, and evidence of missionary trips to the Eastern Hungarians during the 13th-15th centuries allows us to make hypothetical assumptions about their role in the life of the local religious community. It can be noted that the presence of a certain part of Catholics on the territory of Bashkiria during the 16th20th centuries. was associated with forced migration due to the fact that, as a result of military clashes, some of them were captured, as well as due to participation in activities that conflicted with the interests of the Russian leadership are considered, with a few exceptions, only in the context of the problem of the origin of the Bashkir people, most likely due to the modest results of the preaching.

Influence of an Intercultural Factor on the Formation of Sociocultural Capital of a Polyethnic City

The ideas of managing cultural diversity in the modern world are embodied primarily in the concepts of multiculturalism and interculturalism. Multiculturalism can be defined as ideology, politics and social discourse, which recognizes the legitimacy and value of cultural pluralism, the significance of the diversity of cultural forms. In its turn, this allows to form a single sociocultural space based on the tolerant coexistence of traditional ethnic or national cultures. Interculturalism is based on the dialogical paradigm of coexistence of different cultures: recognition of the heterogeneous nature of cultures, acceptance of the thesis of unity in diversity, identifying cultural diversity as a counterweight to assimilation. On the one hand, universal values create the platform of intercultural interaction within the framework of interculturalism, while on the other hand, there are civic culture and responsibility of ethnic groups for their society. Interculturalism is described as a life resource of a modern multiethnic city, a sociocultural capital that can multiply. Multiculturalism is aimed at preserving minority cultures that causes the conservation of the situation, and interculturalism provides an active and positive dialogue of different cultures with the aim of mutual enrichment. The sociological survey was held in the polycultural Ukrainian city of Melitopol, which has been applying policies and practices of interculturality since 2008. The aim is to analyse the interrelation of interculturality and sociocultural capital. The results indicate that ethnic communities are sufficiently integrated in public space and they are positively perceived by the city community. Therefore, interculturality is a significant resource of sociocultural capital accumulation which can be converted in political capital and it can consolidate a city community.

On the Path Rooted in the Combination of School Education and National Traditional Culture Education

The prosperity of a country and a nation is always supported by the prosperity of the culture. The greatrejuvenation of the Chinese nation requires the development and prosperity of its traditional culture. To promote thetraditional culture of the Chinese nation, we must follow the path of combining school education and traditional ethnicculture education, give play to the role of the main channel of the classroom, and disseminate knowledge of traditionalethnic culture to students.

Методологические основания изучения национальной кухни как феномена гастрономической культуры

The author outlines that in “current modernity” (Z. Bauman), among the urgent problems of research, one can name tradition, which is the foundation of culture. Many of its components are among those that are difficult to comprehend, and national cuisine is among them. Methods of research. In the presented article, national cuisine is examined through the prism of an analytical method that allows you to identify authentic ways of studying and showing its versatility. In the course of the research, a theoretical analysis of the methodological basis for the study of national cuisine as a phenomenon of gastronomic culture was carried out. It is noted that being a unique phenomenon of the traditional ethnic culture, national cuisine has its own gastronomic code and contains information about the specifics of the people’s life, encrypted through processes related to food and its preparation. The author pays special attention to the fact that the most effective methods of researching national cuisine are structural, phenomenological and hermeneutic. They help to identify designs and highlight the structural components of national cuisine (culinary culture, culture of eating and gastronomic reflection), study and analyze them with the help of feelings and experience as a direct connection to each of them, comprehend the process of cooking based on the culinary recipe and the process of tasting, reveal the symbolic meanings of the elements of national cuisine and establish their origins. Results of research. The simultaneous use of phenomenological, structural and hermeneutic methods contributes to the comprehension of the gastronomic code of the people and the peculiarities of their cuisine. The knowledge gained allows us to interpret not only the secrets of national cuisine, but also the history and culture of the ethnos from new perspectives.