The Characteristics and Value of the Tunpu Ritual Society
The rich ritual resources of the Tunpu community are inherited among families,clans,com-munity organizations,village communities,and inter villages,and functionally form various types of ritu-als covering different levels,such as family rituals,clan rituals,community organization rituals,village public rituals,and inter village interactive rituals,which jointly participate in the construction of the Tun-pu ritual society.The Tunpu ritual society is a further extension of the theory of rural society,which dif-fers from Mr.Fei Xiaotong's summary of the"hierarchical pattern"of rural society.Its structural feature is the"interconnected pattern".The Tunpu ritual society has significant academic and practical value.
grassroots social typeTunpuceremonial societyconnectivity patternvalue analysis