The Written and the Oral:The Ritual Practice and Mediation Process of the"Three Kings'Birthday"in the Duliu River Basin
The transformation of etiquette and cultural traditions in a local society encompasses the dynamic interface between written and oral communication.This article focuses on the"Three Wangs'Birthday"ceremony in the Duliu River Basin dating back to the Qing Dynasty.It unveils that in the ritual practice processes,how the cultural intermediary roles played by ritual practitioners,opera performers,and singing master enable the inter-translation between dynastic ritual system and local cultural customs in written and oral traditions,which shapes local cultural traditions and assimilates the dynastic ritual system.This article provides a more comprehensive approach to examining the historical progression of social and cultural development in Southwest China and understands the dissemination mechanism of ideas carried by written and oral traditions in the process of"etiquette to the countryside".
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