J4 ›› 2012, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (7): 60-63.

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Exploration and Analysis of the Traditional Eco-Ethics Thoughts of Nu Nationality

A nation's living environment and lifestyle create a special eco-culture. The traditional eco -ethics thoughts of Nu nationality originated from their natural ecological environment and unique moving hunting and shifting cultivation. The paper investigates Nu nationality's primitive farming culture, traditional religious beliefs and the eco-ethics thoughts revealed from their folk literature. To carry forward Nu nationality's traditional culture is helpful to protect the ecological environment of the Nujiang Area, as
well as the sustainable cultural function, and eventually to realize the sustainable development of man and nature.   

  1. 1. Institute of Minorities Study, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, China; 2. College of Arts and Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650222, China; 3. Office of Postgraduate Affairs, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
  • Received:2012-03-22 Online:2012-07-15 Published:2012-07-15

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Abstract:

A nation's living environment and lifestyle create a special eco-culture. The traditional eco -ethics thoughts of Nu nationality originated from their natural ecological environment and unique moving hunting and shifting cultivation. The paper investigates Nu nationality's primitive farming culture, traditional religious beliefs and the eco-ethics thoughts revealed from their folk literature. To carry forward Nu nationality's traditional culture is helpful to protect the ecological environment of the Nujiang Area, as
well as the sustainable cultural function, and eventually to realize the sustainable development of man and nature.

Key words: Nu nationality, eco-ethics, eco-culture

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