What are the characteristics of Zhuang culture?

The most fundamental reason why a nation becomes a nation is that it has formed its own unique culture, and different cultural characteristics have become the main symbols to distinguish nations. National culture and national origin. Zhuang nationality is an aborigine in the Pearl River Basin. Due to the natural environment and specific mode of production, the ancestors of Zhuang nationality created unique material culture and spiritual culture in the long-term historical development process, showing the characteristics of national culture and regional culture.

(1) The cultural forms and characteristics of the ancestors of Zhuang nationality in the period of independent development.

1. formed its own national language and culture Zhuang language [VA6U: 6].

Language is not only a part of culture, but also a living carrier of national culture, an important link to maintain the existence of a nation, and one of the most obvious and commonly used signs to distinguish different nationalities. Zhuang is an indigenous people, and Zhuang language and culture are in the same strain. The cultural characteristics of Zhuang nationality are largely reflected in its own language and writing.

2. Form a national cultural system with Na [na2] culture as the core.

The ancestors of Zhuang nationality adapted to the natural geographical environment and climate characteristics in the south of the Yangtze River, mainly in the Pearl River Basin, and domesticated wild rice into cultivated rice, which was one of the earliest nationalities in China to create a civilized rice culture. The mode of production determines the type of civilization, and Zhuang is a rice-growing nation.

3. Bronze culture represented by pharynx [en3] (bronze drum)

The bronze casting industry in Zhuang area originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and developed greatly in the Warring States Period. In addition to the early cymbals, axes, arrowheads, upsetting, there are knives, swords, spears, bells, drums, ding, headstock, shapers and so on. Rich in modeling and decorative patterns, it has obvious local ethnic characteristics and is the most representative.

4. Art and culture represented by Balai [phja 1la:i2] (Huashan Cliff Mural)

The artistic achievements of the ancestors of Ou Luoyue in the pre-Qin period were mainly manifested in painted rock paintings (that is, ochre red mineral pigments). "There are 178 rock paintings with simple and rough shapes in the Zuojiang Valley of Guangxi, forming a large-scale rock painting corridor, which is magnificent and can be called a wonder of the world, and is also famous for Mingjiang, a tributary of Zuojiang River. It means painted mountains with patterns, which translates into Huashan, which is spectacular. Its portraits, artifacts and scenes are second to none among the rock paintings found in China, and are rare abroad.

5. Mythological culture represented by [Luotuo ]pau5lo4to6 (the father of wisdom).

Ancient myths are the product of human childhood. It is the imagination of primitive human beings that personifies the natural forces, explains the cause and effect of the origin and development of all things in the world with imagination, and overcomes nature with imagination! Conquer and dominate nature and show your original world view. Mimiga, also known as Momiga, describes the reproductive behavior of the goddess and the origin of human beings. Mimejia, the phonetic meaning of Zhuang language is: [me6] (mother) [lk8] (son) [kjap7] (merger), which means the combination of mother and child, or/. Buluotuo, I will talk about the merits of the male gods who created the earth and sorted out the mountains and rivers another day. Buluotuo, the phonetic meaning of Zhuang language is: [pau5] (grandfather) [lo4] (familiarity) [to6] (sufficiency, completeness), which means the grandfather who knows the most things, that is, the wise ancestor. "He is the creator of omniscience and omnipotence, and the God of patriarchal clan system.

6. Primitive religious culture represented by Nuoji 0, [du:k7kai5] (Chicken Bone Bu) and Yao [mo 1] (Yao Jiao).

In the clan society, people live under the control of animism, and all kinds of religious behaviors are actually the manifestations of this ancient belief. Divination is the oldest religious magic.

7. Simple philosophy is based on the theory of the universe, and the third covers the concepts of 0[a:m 1ka:i5] (three realms) and [po2me 1] (male and female).

In the long-term life and production process, the ancestors of Zhuang nationality observed and understood the emergence and evolution of all things in the world, and gradually produced simple philosophical thoughts. From a large number of myths and legends handed down, it can be seen that the ancestors of Zhuang not only had their own views on the origin of all things in the world and human beings, but also had their own explanations on the movement and changes of all things in nature and the relationship between man and nature, forming the basic concepts of Zhuang's original philosophy.

8. Ballad culture represented by Huan Gan, [f:n 1ka:m3] (Dong Ge), Huan Yagui and [f:n 1ja6kve3] (Frog Poge).

Zhuang nationality and its ancestors are famous for their good singing. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Luo Ou folk songs enjoyed a high reputation for their unique forms, rhythms and styles.

9. Medical culture based on [j 1to3] (local medicine and local medicine)

Zhuang nationality and its ancestors summed up their practical experience in production, life and the struggle against diseases, forming a distinct regional character! National and traditional medical systems. Zhuang language is called dependence, [j 1to3] means medicine, and [to3] means place. Indigenous people, meaning, translated into local medicine, medicine is taken from nature, and its medical methods are especially famous for acupuncture.