A Dispute on Ancestral Grave:legitimacy of residence and hierarchy of groups in downstream area in Qingshui River Basin
A legal case caused us to research on the complex relationship between different groups in downstream area in Qingshui River Basin.During Ming and Qing dynasties,indigenous villagers and the immigrants carried out a long-term process of cooperation and striving to coexist in the activities of wood-planting and wood-management in different villages in this area,thus extremely local characteristic historical expressions in this region among different groups were formed.The emphasis on "the origin-first principle" is absolutely appeal for "legitimacy of residence;meanwhile,it also embodies what hierarchy of different groups is like in this area.
Qingshui RiverGrave hillOrigin-first principleLegitimacy of residenceLocal order