Zhuang studies

The Zhuangologie ( " Zhuangwissenschaften " or " Zhuangkunde "; Chinese壮 学/壮 学, Pinyin zhuàngxué ) is a scientific discipline that deals with the study of history, language and culture of the southern Chinese people of the Zhuang. As the founder of Zhuangologie applies the Chinese ethnologist, historian and educator Huang Xianfan.

Origin

The Zhuang are one of the most ancient peoples of southern China. The up this people widmende Zhuangologie is a relatively young discipline anthropology in China. It was not until the early 1950s they began at all, scientifically to deal with the Zhuang. The Zhuangologie begun at that time was a first contribution to gather knowledge about the history, culture and language of the Zhuang and order. Pioneering in the Zhuangforschung were ethnological studies Huang Xianfans since the early 1950s. From 1958 taught Zhou Zuoqiu (周作秋) at the Teacher Training College of Guangxi Zhuang literature. 1962, inter alia, the language teaching seminar for serving in Nanning Zhuang Zhuang and the first seminars set up.

Current situation of Zhuangologie

Since a few decades Zhuangologie has internationally gained great momentum, which in the interdisciplinary, held every five years meetings of the " Society for Zhuangologie Guangxi " is particularly evident. New Research for zhuangologische research result by the interest of ethnology and archeology in exploring Zhuang.

Research Topics

The study of Zhuangologie can philology, literature and linguistics, philosophy and history of religion, history, science and art history, ethnology and sociology of Zhuang include.

Training

The Zhuangologie is a higher education program and is offered at some universities and colleges. Director of the Research Centre for Zhuangologie at the Guangxi Nationalities University, Prof. Dr. Li Fuqiang (李富强).

Scientists at the Zhuangologie

One of the key figures was Huang Xianfan ( 1899-1982 ). Other main representatives were Huang Zengqing (黄增庆, from 1918 to 1995, a student of Huang Xianfan, an expert in archeology and fierce critic of Buddhism and Confucianism ), Ban Xiuwen (班 秀文, 1920 -, an expert in medicine) and Ouyang Ruoxiu (欧阳 若 修, 1928 -, a student of Huang Xianfan, an expert in literature). They are also referred to as the " Big Four " of Zhuangologie.

Scientific institutions of Zhuangologie

  • Research Center for Zhuangologie at the Guangxi Nationalities University (广西 民族 大学 壮 学 研究 中心) in Nanning
  • Nationalities Research Institute, Guangxi (广西 民族 研究所) in Nanning
  • Center for Zhuangologie Research at the Academy of Social Sciences, Guangxi (广西 社会 科学院 壮 学 研究 中心) in Nanning
  • Society for Zhuangologie Guangxi (广西 壮 学会) in Nanning
  • Academy of Medicine and Pharmacology Zhuang at the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangxi (广西 中 医学院 壮 医药 学院) in Nanning
  • Research Institute for Zhuangologie at the Pedagogical University of Guangxi (广西 师范大学 壮 学 研究所) in Guilin
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