Analysis of the "Family House" Culture of The Mosuo Nationality

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  • Peiqi Li

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https://doi.org/10.54097/f0kfmn02

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Abstract

In recent years, the attention index of space culture in anthropology has continued to rise. As a symbol of space, "Family House" can objectively reflect the essence of culture. At the same time, the concept of "Family House" plays an important role in the Mosuo ethnic group. By studying the "Family House" society of the Mosuo people, this paper finds the surrounding cultural phenomena radiated by this as the core, and deeply explains its unique matriarchal society.

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Morgan, translated by Yang Dong, Zhang Liyuan, Feng Hanji, Ancient Society (Volume 1), the Commercial Press, 1971, p. 98.

A famous French social anthropologist and philosopher, academician of the French Academy of Sciences, the founder of structuralist anthropology, and the main founder of the French structuralist humanities trend.

Weng Naiqun, "Female Source and Male Flow: On The Social Sex Structure System in the Culture of Sichuan and Yunnan Border", "Ethnic Studies", no. 4,1996.

The custom of changing the age mainly stems from a fairy tale of the Mosuo people: in ancient times, people and animals were mixed together, but neither had a fixed life span. Later, the god decided to give the animals a length of life and told humans to live a long life if the call was answered in the middle of the night. The first time the god called a thousand years, he was received by the alert crane, the second time, the third time, the dog accepted; the last time, he woke up. But humans feel that the life span is too short, so after getting the permission of the god, they change the age with the dog. Therefore, during the rite of passage, the Mosuo people will feed the dogs to express their kindness.

Yang Fuquan, Huotang Culture Record, Yunnan People's Publishing House, 2000, p. 37.

Max Webb, Economy and Society (Volume 1), the Commercial Press, 2004, p. 257.

Parents are called "Dabu" in the Mosuo language, mainly by the "house" internal high prestige, strong ability, responsible for the major matters in the home.

Max Webb, Economy and Society (Volume 1), the Commercial Press, 2004, p. 269.

Morgan, translated by Yang Dong, Zhang Liyuan, Feng Hanji, Ancient Society (Volume 1), the Commercial Press, 1971, p. 44.

In the process of migration, the ancestors of the Mosuo people were divided into six "Er", namely: west, Hu, tooth, Russia, cloth, rub, and each "Er" was divided into several "Japanese" —— mainly linked by the maternal blood as a whole group. Refer to [De] Michel Opitz, [Switzerland] Elizabeth Xu, translated by Liu Yongqing, Luo Hong, Naxi Mosuo Ethnography, Yunnan University Press, 2010, p. 95; Ratamith, Collection of Mosuo Social and Cultural Studies (Vol. 1), Yunnan University Press, 2006, p. 40.

Mosuo people generally believe that men have nine lives, while women only seven.

The Mosuo people believe that their ancestral origin is located in the northern Abswana, near Shuiluo Township, Muli Tibetan Autonomous County. See Weng Naiqun's "Female Source and Male Flow: On the Structure System of Social Sex in the Japanese Culture from the Symbolism", "Ethnic Studies", No.4,1996.

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28 February 2024

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Li, P. (2024). Analysis of the "Family House" Culture of The Mosuo Nationality. International Journal of Education and Humanities, 12(3), 211-215. https://doi.org/10.54097/f0kfmn02