On Several Essences of Khanfou Marine Culture
Abstract：As a typical representative of the marine culture of China, Khanfou Culture is investigated in this paper through the multiple methods of cultural analysis. By examining the ecosystem of ＂Linghai＂ （surrounded with Five Mountains and the South Sea） and the marine practices of the Khanfou ethnic group, the paper explores the formation of the Khanfou ethnic group and their dialect, discusses the def- initions of the boundary of the Khanfou territory and examines the implication of its marine culture. Khanfou Culture is of great importance to China and the world as the Khanfou region was the main starting point of the Marine Silk Route. Through the ＂ancient-modern-contemporary＂ sequence of history and by emphasizing the historical truth that Khanfou remained open to the outside world even in the time when the state performed the extremely strict coastal policy, the paper attempts to prove marine culture to be the core of Khanfou Culture and the significance of Khanfou Culture in the global marine era.
Keywords：Khanfoumarine cultureimportance to the worldimportance to China
Publication Date：2011-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 1-5,25 )