Role of Family and Lineage in New Rural Construction at Present

Tóm tắt

Rural development, including the New Rural Construction program, is one of the important targets of national development in the period of industrialization and integration. There remain, however, many difficulties in implementation of the program, in which some of the goals of the program in regard to the cultural aspect have not been met yet. This paper focuses on analyzing and elucidating the roles played by the family and lineage in preservation and promotion of traditional values during the process of new rural construction, such as: providing mutual assistance in daily life and production; bringing social capital into full play; connecting spiritual ties among individuals in the family and lineage; establishing family and lineage networks; and, educating on the lifestyles, orientating the choice of occupation as well as developing the household economy.