Why did Fei Xiaotong say that "the rural society is an acquaintance society"?

From the grassroots level, China society is rural. Country people are the grassroots of China society. We say that the country people are rustic, although it is somewhat contemptuous, but the word local tyrant is good, and the basic meaning of this word is soil. Rural people can't live without soil, because farming is the most common way to make a living in rural areas. Only people who make a living by farming understand the preciousness of soil. City people can despise country people with their rusticity, but in rural areas, "dirt" is their lifeblood. The person who occupies the highest position in quantity is undoubtedly the land.

First of all, the author started from the grassroots of China society and went deep into the bottom of rural society in China. The so-called rural society refers to the vast rural areas where small-scale agricultural production is carried out, where most farmers in China live. They cling to the land and depend on it. They get the basic means of survival through hard work and relying on the fine weather in nature. The old saying "Man proposes, God disposes" typically describes the dependence of rural society on nature and objective environment.

There are several reasons why farmers in China live in the countryside. Whatever the reason, the unit of China local community is a village. Thousands of villages can be reached from three villages. Local society has become a society born in Sri Lanka and died in Sri Lanka, under the restriction of local society. Normal life is to stay at home all the time. This is a familiar society, a society without strangers. Gain trust from the familiarity of rural society. This kind of trust is not groundless, in fact, the most reliable is gone, because this is the rule.

(6) the characteristics of rural society

4. Gradient: differential order mode

By comparing China society with western society, the author thinks that western society is a group structure, just like bundling firewood, while China's social structure is like a ripple caused by a stone thrown into the water. Everyone is the center of the circle where his social influence is introduced. This is a pattern of difference order. Things pushed by the ripples of a circle are connected. Everyone uses different circles at a specific time and place.

Taking "self" as the center and throwing it into the water like a stone, the social relationship with others is not like the molecules in a group standing on the same plane, but like the ripples of water, pushing outwards in circles, pushing farther and farther, pushing thinner and thinner. Everyone's network has its own center, and the center of each network is different. The scope of the network can be expanded according to the size of the central power.

2. consanguinity: Rural society is based on consanguinity.

In a culture lacking change, there are social differences between the old and the young, and the old have compulsory power over the young. This is the foundation of the blood society. Kinship means that people's rights and obligations are determined according to kinship. Strictly speaking, consanguinity only refers to the parent-child relationship arising from childbirth.

Generally speaking, the consanguineous society is stable and lacks change. A dramatically changed society. It's not easy to become a blood club. Social status determined by blood does not allow individuals to choose. Blood relationship is a stable force.