Traditional craft village culture change in bac ninh province

To help answer these questions and find solutions to regulate the process of cultural change in traditional craft villages in Bac Ninh, the authors have chosen the topic: "Traditional c

INTRODUCTION

1 Rationale

* Traditional villages is an integral component of Vietnam villages,

it reflects fully of self-sufficiency and closed inherent properties of agricultural villages Development of villages not directly motivate the creation of jobs, using labor force rationally and efficiently in rural areas but also help preserve, maintain and develop the traditional occupations

of the nation, create conditions and opportunities to develop artisans, skilled craftsmen and preserve national culture Traditional village culture converge fine traditions, village life, community solidarity, professional elite and talented artisans In recent years, carried out the policy of the Party, traditional villages are gradually restored and developed, products made increasingly diverse, rich and they satisfy domestic demands and export The village development will be the link between agriculture and industry, between rural and urban, between tradition and modernity

* Bac Ninh is the "Land of civilization" also the place Ly dynasty, a rich country with Quan Ho folk songs, is one of the provinces with many traditional villages The initial statistics say, in Bac Ninh has 61 villages with famous products like Phu Khe art furniture, Duong O paper, Hoi Quan textiles, Dai Bai bronzes, Dong

Ho folk paintings, Phu Lang pottery, Vong Nguyet silk In recent years traditional villages have contributed significantly to economic growth and economic restructuring in Bac Ninh Many products of the villages have been available in international markets contributed

an important part to promote traditional culture of VietNam to oversea

* In fact, the process of industrialization and modernization are now making tremendous impacts on the lives of people in rural villages in general or traditional craft villages in Bac Ninh in particular This process is essentially the process of rural urbanization Many craft villages are no longer active or extinct due to many different causes, while some other craft villages still exist and develop To survive, people here always have to change village product design, innovative manufacturing processes, apply advanced technology in a number of stages, seek and expand the market The process of industrialization and urbanization will create changes in vocational philosophy, change the mode of production from small-scale to large scale, open markets to foreign partners To help answer these questions and find solutions to regulate the process of cultural change in traditional craft villages in Bac

Ninh, the authors have chosen the topic: "Traditional craft village culture change in Bac Ninh province " to study

2 Purposes, Research assignments

2.1 Research purpose

Help to clarify the concept, the characteristics of the craft village culture changes, and show the situation, find expressions of traditional village cultural change in Bac Ninh province today, which proposed some solusions to regulate the process of traditional village cultural change in Bac Ninh province in the coming time

2.2 Research assignments

- Research on the basis of theory and practice of cultural change in traditional craft villages

- Analyze, assess the situation and identify traditional craft village cultural change in Bac Ninh (Through landscape space; monuments, festivals and customs, ancestor worship, social relationships of residents in villages)

- Research on cultural change trends in traditional craft villages in Bac Ninh and the present question

3 Object and scope of studies

3.1 Research object

The thesis studies the cultural change in some traditional craft villages in Bac Ninh province, choose some traditional craft villages to investigate, analyze and identify

* The scope of the research space: Bac Ninh province, focusing communes with traditional craft villages such as Dai Bai bronze casting village; Phu Lang pottery village; Phu Khe wood carving village and some other craft villages

* The scope of the research period: study of culture in some craft villages in Bac Ninh province from 1986 to now (with retrospective

information survey before 1986), thus generating cultural change of some traditional craft villages

of villages are in close connection with the organic nature and each element has value in the overall of village culture

* Interdisciplinary research methodology: history, ethnography, sociology, folklore

* Case study method: to identify accurately, objectively and depthly

in the study, in 18 traditional craft villages on a total of 62 traditional craft villages, dissertation focuses some craft villages Thence, we can make general statements about traditional craft village cultural change in Bac Ninh

* Method of fieldwork in the craft villages, applied skills: observe, participate; interviews; quantitative interviews; analyse and synthesize materials; compare To obtain an objective assessment materials, in research process we use interview methods with local managers and representatives of the community and the elderly

* Statistical and comparative methods: To clarify the changes of craft villages in each specific research, the thesis uses statistical methods (the craft village, the index of the craft villages, changes of components

in cultural craft villages .) While statistical tabulation, the thesis conducts a comparison between past and present indicators to identify changes

5 The theoretical and practical meaning of the thesis

+ Thesis contributes to identify cultural change of traditional craft villages in the current period This is the background to help policy makers and cultural managers to plan for development and conservation

of traditional villages in the process of building new countryside + Research rationale about craft village cultural changes, while offering conceptions of craft village culture, from which study craft village cultural changes Acquiring the results of the previous researchs, give a specific scheme to apply to the study of traditional craft village cultural change in Bac Ninh province

+ Through research, analysis of the case, the thesis identifies the cultural change in traditional craft village in Bac Ninh province

6 Structure of the thesis

Besides the introduction (06 pages), concludes (page 04), appendix (21 pages), and references (10 pages), the thesis includes 04 chapters:

Chapter 1 Overview of research, rationale and traditional craft

villages in Bac Ninh (39 pages)

Chapter 2 The cultural change in traditional craft villages through

the village landscape and the spiritual culture factors (48 pages)

Chapter 3 Cultural Change in the craft village in the manufacture

and marketing of products (36 pages)

Chapter 4 Traditional craft village culture change trends in Bac

Ninh in the process of industrialization and modernization and the question now (33 pages)

Chapter 1

LITERATURE REVIEW, RATIONALE, TRADITIONAL

CRAFT VILLAGES IN BAC NINH 1.1 Literature review

In the collection and analysis of research projects related to the subject, the author divides the works into issue groups: 1 / The writings

on the craft and craft villages in Bac Ninh in general; 2 / The writings on specific occupational groups; 3 / The writings on craft village culture; 4 / The writings on craft village cultural change

1.1.1 The writings on traditional craft, craft villages in Bac Ninh 1.1.2 The writings on specific occupational groups

1.1.2.1 The writings on silkworm breeding, pull silk, woven fabric

1.1.2.2 The writings on pottery and Phu Lang pottery village 1.1.2.3 The writings on carpentry - wood carving

1.1.2.4 The writings on the mound and bronze casting craft 1.1.2.5 The writings on painting village

1.1.3 The writings on craft village culture

1.1.4 The writings on craft village cultural changes

From the collection and analysis of research projects related to the thesis, may draw the following statements:

1 The writings on the professions and the village are quite rich, diverse, we can understand the whole picture of the history and status of traditional craft villages in Bac Ninh province today

2 / In terms of craft village culture, first of all we can see some the monograph about craft villages: Dong Ho paintings, Phu Khe wood carvings, Phu Lang brown pottery, Dai Bai village

Generally, the material written about cultural change in Bac Ninh craft villages, until now there is no study fully written, and comprehensive system, that is the basic aim of the thesis and also the new contributions of the thesis in the identification of variations of cultural elements and craft village culture in some typical villages in Bac Ninh province Through evaluation of craft village cultural change, thesis proposes solutions that contribute to the conservation of village culture in the period of industrialization and modernization

1.2 The rationale of craft village culture

1.2.1 Some concepts

1.2.1.1 The concept of village

1.2.1.2 The concept of craft

1.2.1.3 The concept of craft village

1.2.1.4 The concept of village culture

1.2.1.5 The concept of craft village culture

1.2.2 Cultural change in traditional craft villages

1.2.2.1 Culture change

1.2.2.2 Craft village culture change

1.3 Overview of trational craft villages in Bac Ninh

1.3.1 Overview of Bac Ninh

1.3.1.1 Geographical conditions and transport systems 1.3.1.2 Residential conditions and labor

1.3.1.3 Material conditions

1.3.1.4 Other conditions

1.3.2 General information on the craft village in Bac Ninh province

1.3.2.1 Number of villages

Table 1.1: Bac Ninh craft villages divided by administrative units

(up to first quater I/2015)

commuties

No of craft villages

1.3.2.2 Craft village classification in Bac Ninh

* Classification of traditional craft villages (16 villages) and new craft villages (46 villages)

Table 1.4 List of craft villages by method of production and

type of product

No Type of craft villages No of craft Rate (%)

[Source: Bac Ninh Department of Industry and Trade]

* Classification of craft villages under occupation groups that produce a product group

+ Group 1: weaving and textile villages

+ Group 2: carpentry villages, wood carving

+ Group 3: pottery villages in Bac Ninh

+ Group 4 craft villages have products made of metal

+ Group 5 food processing, food

+ Group 6 different village groups

1.3.2.3 Production model in the craft villages

* The model of household

* The model of cooperative

* The model of private enterprises, limited companies

Table 1.5: Number of non-agricultural producting and business

units per years Production

Quater I/2015

Family 10.496 13.773 18.769 19.113 19.840 20.150 20.174

of the scholars in the country and abroad have been applied in the study

of cultural change in some traditional craft villages in Bac Ninh province

According to current statistics, there are 62 craft villages in Bac Ninh, however the distribution of villages in the area (district / town ) in the province is uneven Of the 62 craft villages in Bac Ninh, classification with new craft villages and traditional craft villages there are 16 traditional craft villages and 46 new craft villages and they are broken

down by 5 occupation groups that produce a product group In the organization of production, a production model in the current craft villages includes: a model of household production, a model of the cooperative; a model of private enterprises, a model of limited companies; Industrial cluster model in craft villages

Chapter 2 TRADITIONAL CRAFT CHANGES THROUGH VILLAGE LANDSCAPE

AND SPIRIT CULTURAL FACTORS 2.1 Space, landscape, house and public construction changes

One type of cluster of people makes typical features of Vietnam's rural villages, including the different types of villages However, the fundamental problems are village landscape, architecture

of houses, economic life, culture - society in the village The fundamental issues that create village cultural characteristics are always

in the flexibility change from many different causes, including the social movement of residents, the process of economic restructuring, especially

in stages of industrialization, modernization and international economic integration One of the factors that can be seen clearly on the study of the village's transformation is the space of the village landscape Previously craft village space layout in Bac Ninh is evident from the structure: a large road between the village and alleys are connected with this road Ancient villages are tiled But alleys and village roads are quite narrow, suitable for small business under the family's craftsmen

To meet the development of the village in terms of population, expansion of production scale, the village roads, alleys are expanded in

scale and upgraded quality This is demonstrated through specific cases in the traditional craft village in Bac Ninh

2.1.1 Changes in space, landscape

2.1.2 Changes in housing and public works

Table 2.1: Statistics of houses from 2010 – 2015 in Dai Bai village

Year

Type of houses

2 floors and more

Flat roof house

Tile roofed house

Thatched cottage

Flat roof house

Tile roofed house

Thatched cottage

Sum

Flat roof house

Tile roofed house

Thatched cottage

2.1.3 Changes in the relics of some craft villages

2.2 Belief, ritual and custom changes

2.2.1 Belief change: During the existence and development of craft

villages, the gods bless, help for job of the people Therefore, communities have made clear expression of belief life to the worship of

the village's tutelary spirit, craft ancestor Currently, due to residents living on a development, village economic dvelopment, so that people are more interested in religious life to the supreme spiritual beings The greatest expression of religious transformation of communities in villages in Bac Ninh that is to trust in the providence of the village's tutelary, craft ancestor, so they jointly renovate and rebuild the worship like temples and pagodas, temples They buy worship items and practice the rites, rituals to clear their sincerity for gods

2.2.2 Changes in the festival: Society flourished as today is an

important reason leading to the change of belief, but the festival is one

of the highest expressions of belief from past to present The old festivals are restored, new issues have been updated and created, change

in rituals, games, plays and performing arts in village festivals will involve significant changes in the cultural life of the village community The change can be seen in the relationship and perceptions between generations; community spirit in the village; reflected the provisions of the policy with the festival and ceremonial practices The process of transformation of the festival can be identified by examining the specific case of the craft village Currently, the festival plays an important role in the cultural life of the village community Here, the thesis author considers the festival variation of the village through the basic structure: change of time held, the festival calendar; on the preparations for the festival, the festival rituals, the games held during the festival, transforms the festival participants and the sense of community.

Conclusions of chapter 2