On the Forms of Manifestation of the National in the District Center Jinghong (PRC)
[O formakh voploshcheniia natsional’nogo v okruzhnom tsentre Tszinkhun (KNR)]
Type of publication: Research Article (with comments)
Submitted: 17.01.2017
Accepted: 18.04.2017
About author(s)
Alexei А. Zakurdaev | http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1100-845X | zhongguo56@mail.ru | Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences (32a Leninsky prospekt, Moscow, 119991, Russia)
Keywords
China, Xishuangbanna, Jinghong, Dai, Buddhism, national identity
Abstract
The article discusses the development of national identity among the people of Jinghong, the center of the Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture. It focuses on the forms of manifestation of the national that are favored by the local authorities. Not only do these forms reflect the local administrative policies, especially the reconstruction of Jinghong as a regional historical and cultural center for Theravada Buddhism, but they also denote important reference points in the foreign policy of China, particularly those related to the development of intercultural dialogue with Southeast Asian countries. The article is supplemented with comments by Irina Garri.
Funding Information
This research was supported by the following institutions and grants:
Russian Foundation for Humanities, https://doi.org/10.13039/100009094 [grant 15-01-00450]
Citation
Zakurdaev, A.A. 2018. O formakh voploshcheniia natsional’nogo v okruzhnom tsentre Tszinkhun (KNR) [On the Forms of Manifestation of the National in the District Center Jinghong (PRC)]. Etnograficheskoe obozrenie 4: 57-82. https://doi.org/10.31857/S086954150000406-6
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