无宴不成侗:一个侗寨的社会整合方式探究

NO FEAST,NO DONG:An Exploration on the Social Integration Mode of a Dong Village

宴请是侗族社会生活的重要部分。本文基于湖南省通道侗族自治县独坡镇骆团村长时期的田野调查,以侗族宴请为研究重点,进而探究宴请作为整合侗寨的运行机制。根据宴请目的将侗民宴请分为日常性宴请、仪式性宴请和工具性宴请,从而探讨宴请在整合私人关系、房族网络、政治资源等方面所起到的关键作用。从现实意义来看,宴请可以被看作是乡村振兴中侗寨社会治理的重要力量,进而为民族地区治理提供新视角。

Feasts have been the important parts of Dong people's social lives.This paper,based on the long-term field investigation carried out in Luotuan Village,Dupo Town,Tongdao Dong Autonomous County of Hunan Province,takes the feasts of Dong people as the research focus,further explores the working mechanism of feasts to integrate the Dong village.According to the purpose of feasts,this paper divides the feasts of Dong people into the routine ones,the ritual ones and the instrumental ones,so as to explore the key role of feasts in integrating private relationships,housing and familial networks and political resources.From the view of reality significance,feasts can be regarded as an important force in social governance in Dong villages'engagement in rural revitalization,thus provide a new perspective for the governance in ethnic areas.