Migration and Cultural Change : Ritual Change of Sheng-ji and the Chinese Muslim Identity in Taiwan

イミン ト ブンカ ヘンヨウ タイワン カイミン シャカイ ニオケル セイキ サイレイ ノ ヘンセン ト カイミン アイデンティティ

キムラ, ミズカ

Kimura, Mizuka

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ シャカイガク ニンゲンガク ジンルイガク ケンキュウシツ

Sociology, Anthropology and Philosophy, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

英語

儀礼の変容

台湾回民

聖紀祭礼

エスニック・アイデンティティ

migrant ethnicity

ritual change

Chinese muslim in Taiwan

Sheng-ji

ethnic identity

In the process that migrant communities are being formed, ethnic identities of migrants are not only constructed in the interaction with the majority culture of their destination. But it is also constructed in the process of adjusting their internal differences. In this paper, I will focus on the ritual change of Sheng-ji in a Chinese Muslim community in Taiwan. Sheng-ji ritual has been historically undergone transformation. At the same time, the viewpoints of the Chinese muslims in Taiwan for the Sheng-ji ritual are various. Most of all the Chinese muslims in Taiwan were migrated to Taiwan island directly from mainland China or via another country in order to escape from the devastation of Nationalist- Communist war in China. Their backgrounds of migration are multiple, and the islamic traditions that came to Taiwan with them are also multiple. These experiences of their migration or movements are closely related to the transformation of Sheng-ji ritual and the various viewpoints of them. Sheng-ji ritual in Taiwan muslim community should be placed in the negotiation that tries to adjust these internal differences. In this paper, I will illustrate how the ethnic identity of Chinese muslims in Taiwan is changed and negotiated by analyzing the historical transformation of Sheng-ji ritual.

英語