Family rules in community life through researches in a North Central Coast’s town

Abstract

The article explores the role of family’s rules in community life based on practical research in Quỳnh Đôi town, Quỳnh Đôi, Quỳnh Lưu of Nghệ An province. Author has pointed out the upward and downward events which led to the changes of family through different historical period by doing the analysis of the family rules in the recovery of its function and social meanings of these family rules in community life. In traditional society, family played an important role with community life and family rules could be seen as law of family. Family rules establish the praying habits or organize the family actitivies. These are also meaningful for society and community life as well as maintain and promote the tradtions of family as encouraging study and talents. In other words, family rules have set up a behavior for every single town member which reflected the characteristics of the town while facing with the big changes of current society.