On the Social Function of the Traditional Clan and Clan Law of the Oroqen Nationality

Abstract

Through the “Oroqen clan's organizational form before the fall of the Oroqen clan, ” “the maintenance of the primitive communist way of life by the unwritten law of the Oroqen clan and the clan, ” “the sacred identification of the Oroqen clan provides ideological protection for the realization of the clan's out-of-marriage system., ” “Oroqen clan to the nation The four topics, such as the shaping of psychological quality, discussed the following points of view : Among the Altai ethnic groups in China, the Oroqen people had long retained the social form of the patrilineal family communes until the early 1950s. Gradually entered the socialist society, And retained more primitive communist lifestyles and cultural concepts. The long-term fishing and hunting life has bred its unique national culture. This kind of production method and its most basic social organization, the clan's interactive relationship, constitute its unique national social life. The clan law has also played an important role. The clan and its unwritten clan law accompany the long-term ethnic life of the Oroqen people and make the development of their national culture have a healthy direction. The collectivism in the clan and its clan law has obvious humanistic tendencies, establishes the social principle of equality within the clan members and regulates and coordinates the interpersonal relations in the secular life. It maintains the emotional bonds within the clan, which reduces the tension and conflict of interpersonal relationships caused by class differences and wealth. It can be used as a reference for the construction of a society under the rule of law