A Comparative Study of Culture and Society in Fuzhou and Quanzhou, Fujian Province and Okinawa

本研究试图对琉球与福建这两个有着悠久交往历史的地区的各种文化和社会现象进行比较研究。本研究以福建泉州、福州为研究对象，这两个地方是琉球商船往来于中国与琉球之间的港口，冲绳久米村的一些家族（munchu），他们的祖先是往返于中国与琉球之间的福建商人，最后定居在冲绳，在80年代后半期开始努力寻根。从那时起，他们就与祖先的“故乡”保持着联系。在此背景下，台湾、东南亚等地的华侨纷纷来闽寻根。因此，按姓氏组织研究小组，目的是从事血统的历史研究，并接待前来寻找的海外华人游客。 关于我们 同姓父系血缘关系一直是汉族传统的亲属网络，但在现代经济文化全球化的背景下，传统的寻根观念与现代网络人际关系的重建联合收割机完美结合。中国与琉球的历史交流，给冲绳带来了祭祖、清骨、风水、龟背墓、石车、志佐等多方面的文化影响。虽然对这些文化特征的引进历史的研究也很重要，但有必要与福建进行比较研究，以了解它们在冲绳文化背景下如何发展到今天。因此，本研究试图探讨这些文化特色在福建的现状，并与冲绳的情况进行比较。在社会经济方面，对私人融资和商业性花卉种植进行了实地考察。比较福建的“标会”和冲绳的“摩艾”，发现福建的“摩艾”似乎从互助转向营利，而冲绳的“摩艾”则多为营利。少

This research attempted a comparative study of the various cultural and social phenomena in the Ryukus and Fujian, two areas that have had a long history of interaction. Quanzhou and Fuzhou in Fujian were chosen as the areas of study, these being places where the Ryukyuan ships engaged in trade between China and the Ryukyus made port calls.A number of clans (munchu) in the village of Kume in Okinawa, whose ancestors were Fujian traders going back and forth between China and the Ryukyus and who eventually settled in Okinawa, began efforts to search for their roots in the latter half of the 1980s. Since then, they have maintained contacts with the "hometown" of their ancestors. In light of this, efforts by overseas Chinese in Taiwan and Southeast Asia to trace their roots in Fujian became popular. As a result, study groups were organized according to surnames with the purpose of engaging in the historical study of the lineages and hosting overseas Chinese visitors who came to search for … More their roots.While the lineages based on paternal blood relations of people with the same surname have always been a traditional kinship network of the Han Chinese, within the context of economic and cultural globalization in the modern setting, the traditional concept of searching for ancestral roots and the rebuilding of modern network personal connections combine perfectly. This has given rise to a new cultural trend of "reviving the traditional culture" under the new social conditions in Fujian, China.Historical exchange between China and the Ryukyus brought various cultural influences to Okinawa, as seen in ancestor worship, bone-cleaning, "fengshui," turtle-back graves, "ishigauto," "shisa," and so forth. Although a study of the history of the introduction of such cultural features is also important, a comparative study with Fujian of how they developed in the Okinawan cultural context up to this date is necessary. For this reason, this project attempted to look into the status of these cultural features in Fujian today and compare this with the situation in Okinawa.In the social and economic aspect, field work was done on private financing and the commercial cultivation of flowers. In a comparison of private financing called "biaohui" in Fujian and "moai" in Okinawa, which is for both mutual-help and profit-making purposes, it was found that in Fujian, the focus seems to be moving from mutual-help to profit-making, while in Okinawa, "moai" is mostly for the latter purpose. Less