Han-Tibetan Cultural Integration - Ethnography of Benzilan Town in Northwest Yunnan

With its unique geography and its historical significance as an important town along the Ancient Tea Horse Road, Benzilan Town has come to represent the fusion and transformation of ethnic cultures in the border of the Han and Tibetan cultures in northwestern Yunnan Province. Through three research trips to Benzilan Town, the authors conducted a comprehensive investigation of the history and culture of the Benzilan people from an anthropological perspective.

List of contents

List of Figures - List of Tables - Prologue - Ancient Villages in Hengduan Mountains - Geographical Determinism of the Ancient Tea Horse Road - Spiritual Destination in Three Aspects - Three Forms of Public Life - Clothing, Food and Singing and Dancing - Marriage and Women - Two Telling Stories - Postscript.

About the author

Li Zhinong, PhD, is currently working at the Institute of Southwest Frontier and Ethnic Studies of Yunnan University, where she is engaged in research on Tibetan political and cultural history. She is in charge of many national projects, such as "Research on Inter-ethnic Relations and Building a Harmonious Society in Tibetan Areas of Yunnan."
Ding Baifeng graduated from Qinghai Normal University with a bachelor¿s degree in history and stayed in the university to join the workforce. He received his PhD in historical geography at the Northwest Institute of Historical Environment and Economic and Social Development of Shaanxi Normal University. He has published many monographs and more than 20 academic papers.

Product details

• Authors: Ding Baifeng, Li Zhinong
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.2022
• EAN: 9781433182013
• ISBN: 978-1-4331-8201-3
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 18 mm x 225 mm
• Weight: 468 g
• Illustrations: 48 Abb.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Integration, Northwest, HISTORY / Asia / General, Ding, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Yunnan, Cultural, Ethnography, Town, Social and cultural anthropology, Asian History, Society and culture: general, Tibetan Buddhism, Benzilan Town, Ding Baifeng, Tusi, Zhinong, Tibetan-Yi Corridor, Baifeng, Han–Tibetan, the Hakkas, history of Benzilan County, Benzilan, Li Zhinong, Ancient Tea Horse Road