A Comparative Study on Culture between Okinawa and Yunnan

该项目从1998财政年度持续到2000财政年度。日本研究小组由7名研究人员组成，主要来自冲绳县立艺术大学。我们与一个中国团队合作，该团队有五名研究人员，主要来自云南大学。1998年度在中国进行了两次实地研究（1998年8月和1999年3月），在冲绳进行了一次实地研究（1999年1月），并在冲绳召开了学术会议。1999年12月和2000年3月在中国进行了两次实地调查。2000年度在中国进行了两次实地考察（2000年8月和2001年3月），在冲绳进行了一次实地考察（2000年10月），并在冲绳举行了一次学术会议，发表了“冲绳与云南文化比较研究”报告，这是该三年计划的一个学术里程碑。作者在以下领域表现出对该项目的承诺：i。年度活动; ii.神话和民间故事; iii.当地语言; iv.民族音乐; v.民族舞蹈; vi. kayou（songs）; vii.居住; viii.服装、染色/纺织; ix.饮食习惯; X.家庭活动; Xi.社区; xii.宗教; xiii.成人礼虽然报告仍是初步的，但它为冲绳、日本和云南的文化差异和相似性提供了新的认识和视角。中国研究者对冲绳文化的新逻辑关注值得特别关注，该项目加深了对云南少数民族及其文化的认识。因此，这使我们比以前更欣赏冲绳文化。这些因素将对未来比较文化研究的发展做出巨大贡献。

The three-year project continued from fiscal 1998 to 2000. Japanese team consisted of seven researchers, mainly from Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts. We joined hands with a Chinese team that had five researchers mainly from Yunnan University. Field researches and academic sessions took place as follows.The fiscal 1998 saw two field researches in China (August, 1998 and March, 1999) and one in Okinawa (January, 1999), where the two teams convened an academic session. The fiscal 1999 saw two field researches in China (December, 1999 and March, 2000). The fiscal 2000 had two field researches in China (August, 2000 and March, 2001) and another in Okinawa (October, 2000), as well as an academic session in Okinawa.The report "A Comparative Study on Culture between Okinawa and Yunnan" was published as an academic milestone of the three-year project. The authors have shown commitment to the project as specialists in the following fields : i. annual events ; ii. myths and folktales ; iii. local languages ; iv. ethnic music ; v. ethnic dance ; vi. kayou (songs) ; vii. dwelling ; viii. clothing, dyeing/weaving ; ix. eating habit ; x. household activities ; xi. communities ; xii. religion ; xiii. rites of passage. Although the report is still preliminary, it provides new knowledge and perspectives on the cultural differences and similarities between Okinawa, Japan and Yunnan. The Chinese researchers deserve special attention because of their new logical focuses on Okinawan culture.The project deepened the levels of understanding towards the minorities and their cultures in Yunnan Province. This, consequently, led us to appreciate Okinawan culture more than before. These elements will be a great contribution to the progress of comparative culture studies in the future.