Brocade of Tujia in Western Hunan, China: The Invention of Tradition in the Process of Minority Sustainable Development

Abstract

This qualitative study uses western Hunan's "Tujia brocade". The researchers employed "traditional invention" to examine Tujia brocade's cultural and significant changes in national growth. The literature and fieldwork showed that Tujia brocade culture has been passed down and recreated as the community adapted to its environment and interacted with nature and history. The findings indicate that tradition is a product invented to satisfy current needs, that globalization and industrialization have hastened Tujia development, and that the meaning and value of Tujia brocade culture have evolved. Cultural tourism, "non-heritage" inheritance and protection, and rural rehabilitation have given the Tujia brocade culture a new, innovative identity. Modern creative design, ethnic tourism development, and festival ceremonial performances are used to examine "tradition" and "modernity". It examines how "tradition" and "modernity" affect Chinese traditional non-legacy culture's inheritance and development. Thus, it boosts national cultural confidence and ethnic area economic and social sustainability.