A Comparative Study of Clan Lifestyles and Customs in Jiangsu and Fujianin Ming and Qing.

Since Ming and Qing Dynasties, the concept of clankinship in Fujian gets relatively weak, while the awareness of family and township becomes strong. In southern Fujian, settlement by clan in the whole town, clan expansion and frequent migration, rich concept of geomaney, and the faith and worship of clan have become folk-customs. The clan in Jiangsu live together in a region though the population is not very large, thus having not formed a strong concept of family, and they pay more attention on the purity of blood. Clanexplants is rare, and the concept of geomancy is also relatively weak, so they haven't formed a certain " ritual circle" in folk beliefs. The different lifestyles and customs of the two clans are results influenced by geography, cultural traditions, socio- economic development, socialpsychology and other factors, and also concrete manifestation of ecologicalphysiognomy in the development and construction process of the two areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]