Journal of Dali University ›› 2021, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (11): 95-103.

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From Traditional Knowledge to Cultural Integration： An Investigation of the View of Heaven and Human of the

Musqueam People inCanada

  

  • Received:2021-03-03 Revised:2021-09-13 Online:2021-11-15 Published:2021-12-26

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Abstract: The view of heaven and human mainly discusses why heaven is heaven， why human is human， and how to deal with the relationship between heaven and human. This paper uses historical and comparative research methods to investigate the ethnic origin， totem beliefs， inter-ethnic contacts and cultural protection of the Canadian Aboriginal Musqueam. It reveals the Musqueam' naive view of heaven and human and philosophical cognition. From the three dimensions of inheriting history and based on the present and facing the future， this paper summarizes Musqueam's culture system of heaven， human and gives contemporary interpretation， thus to sublimate the ancient thoughts again. The spiritual formation of North American ethnic minorities and Chinese traditional philosophical thoughts coincide with each other， so as to provide a new field for cross-cultural ethnic research and modernization of traditional culture.