Interpretation of Blessing Customs for Infants and Young Children among the People of Nu Nationality from the Perspective of Educational Anthropology

Abstract：As a kind of basic activity in human society, education activity does not only lies in the institutional school education, the growth and socialization of children as individuals and lives can’t do without the... [ view full abstract ]

Abstract：As a kind of basic activity in human society, education activity does not only lies in the institutional school education, the growth and socialization of children as individuals and lives can’t do without the influence of the customs for child rearing. 

In this paper, it makes an analysis on the outlook on life and child care among the people of Nu nationality as well as the connotations of the practical activities for childcare and education and reveals the symbiosis and holiness of the outlook on life among the people of Nu nationality as well as the concepts and goals of activities for infants and young children caring and education under the dominance of the principle of mutual infiltration, with the field study on the customs for blessing among the people of Nu nationality and the interpretation from the perspective of educational anthropology. 

It is of great significance for the exploration on the original form of the activities for infants and young children caring and education in human society and the construction of modern theory of early childhood education by interpreting the blessing customs for infants and young children among the people of Nu nationality from the perspective of educational anthropology.

Key words: the Nu nationality; blessing customs; infants and young children caring and education; interpretation from the perspective of educational anthropology