Research on the Folk Culture of Korean People in northeastern China

1994年至1996年，一个由日本、中国和韩国十余名学者组成的国际研究小组对中国东北三省（吉林（1994）、辽宁（1995）、黑龙江（1996））朝鲜族的民俗文化进行了联合研究。在这些省份中，每个省都选择了两到三个朝鲜族村庄，并对其民间文化的几乎所有方面（如社会结构、经济传统、成人仪式、年度节日、宗教信仰和习俗）进行了实地调查。以及口头文学)。生活在中国的朝鲜族绝大多数是汉族，他们受到了二战后中国政治和社会变革的不利影响。二、如土地改革和人民公社的实行。从1996年开始持续了10年的“文化大革命”的影响尤其严重：韩国的传统民俗文化濒临灭绝。中国的影响不仅渗透到他们的精神文化和经济生活中，而且还渗透到祖先崇拜、烹饪和口头文学等生活领域，这些领域通常不容易受到文化适应的影响。然而，在随后的几十年里，在中国政府的开放政策下，随着中韩两国建交后互动的增加，在中国的韩国人中，对他们的民族背景的兴趣重新抬头。我们研究的主要目的是找出韩国人民俗文化的变化程度，以及相反，他们的民族身份在社会转型中保持的程度。

An international team of more than ten scholars from Japan, China, and Korea conducted joint research from 1994 to 1996 on the folk culture of Korean people living in three provinces in northeastern China : Jilin (1994), Liaoning (1995), Heilongjiang (1996). In each of these provinces, two or three Korean villages were chosen, and field research was conducted on almost every aspect of their folk culture (e.g., social structure, economic tradition, rites of passage, annual festivals, religious beliefs and customs.and oral literature). Living among the overwhelming majority of the Han people, Koreans in China were adversely affected by the country's political and social change after World War.II,such as land reform and the implementation of people's communes. Particularly devastating was the impact of the Great Cultural Revolution, which lasted a decade from 1996 : the traditional folk culture of Koreans was on the verge of extinction. The Chinese influence penetrated not only into their spiritual culture and economic life, but also into such areas of life as ancestor worship, cuisine, and oral litelature, which are generally not susceptible to acculturation. In subsequent decades, however, under the open-door policy of the Chinese govermment, and amid the increased interaction between China and Korea after the establishment of diplomatic ties, there was, among Koreans in China, a resurgence of interest in their ethnic backgrounds. The primary objective of our research was to find out the degree of change in the folk culture of Koreans, and conversely, the degree to which their ethnic identity is maintained, in the midst of social transformation.