Cultural interpretation of Miao sacrificial bridge customs:Huangla Village investigation as an example
Bridge is endowed with sanctity in the Miao village society,and has the function of protecting life,eliminating disasters and solving disasters.The case investigation of Huangla Village found that the ceremony of offering bridge(bridge)can meet people's extraditing of the soul life of the children,help the couple to conceive after marriage,protect the expected needs of the population and accumulate virtues and happiness for their descendants.It is the cultural cognition of the sanctity of life and the connection between the bridge and life that guides the facilities of the bridge,marriage bridge,life bridge and stool bridge in the Miao village society,and makes the ceremony practice of sacrificial bridge(bridge)held annually in the form of family culture performance.
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