TAILIEUCHUNG - Role of Family and Lineage in New Rural Construction at Present

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. | Role of Family and Lineage in New Rural Construction at Present Dang Thi Hoa* Abstract: 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. Key words: Family; lineage; rural; traditional culture; value. 1. Introduction The family and the lineage are extremely significant institutions in the Vietnamese society. Traditionally, the family, the village and the nation are the three mainstays for national foundation and development, of which the family is considered a key institution for preservation of traditional cultural components. Given the continuous and vigorous changes in the social and individual values in the current context of development and integration, the family and lineage bears special significance in preserving traditional cultural values as a cradle for fostering profound values of humanity. One of the targets in the new rural construction program is to preserve and promote the traditional cultural identity, making our culture become an effective 30 dynamic for industrialization and modernization of agriculture and the rural areas.*To that end, traditional cultural values must be preserved and promoted in every rural family and lineage. The .

• Xã hội học
• Role of Family and Lineage
• New Rural Construction
• Traditional culture Vietnam
• Establishing family and lineage networks
• Bringing social capital