Ethnic Integration and Social Memory in Southwestern Borderland Represented in Chefuke Books in Ailao Mountain
The Chefuke books 车夫科书 in the Ailao mountainous area of Central Yunnan originated from the professionalization of Yoga monks and their repentance activities during the Hongwu reign of the Ming Dynasty.They were introduced from the inland to multi-ethnic border areas and gradually became indispensable ritual texts of chanting or performance in local religious ceremonies.The dialects,customs,products,folklore and so on in the Chefuke books underwent a process of localization of knowledge production.From the perspective of knowledge history,changes in these texts reveal that as the state deepened its governance of the frontier,the southwestern frontier increasingly formed extensive and deep connections with the inland regions of the Central Plains.These connections involved the fusion of official and local knowledge,the fusion of interior and frontier knowledge,and the common historical memory of the Chinese nation.Changes in the knowledge structure of the Chefuke books profoundly reflect not only the broader and deeper interactions,exchanges and integration among different ethnic groups in the southwestern borderland,but also demonstrate the historical memory of the multi-ethnic coexistence and joint efforts in the borderland society.
interactions,exchanges and integration among different ethnic groupsthe Chefuke bookssouthwestern frontierlocal knowledgesocial memory
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