Abstract:

As a country with diverse cultures and civilizations, China shall adopt a governance policy that embraces cultural pluralism towards border areas. For instance, in Taomin Region where “Han people and Tibetan people influence each other in terms of customs” in Qinghai, Qingmiaohui Association, as a basic type of social organization, forms multiple “stellar clusters” that cross ethnic groups and villages. Facing the reality that there are different ethnic groups with different religions in the region, these cross village Qingmiaohui organizations create a cultural mode for people to share different cultures and knowledge across villages. Just like the rotation and revolution of “stellar clusters”, these local social organizations and their activities play an important role in keeping a longterm stable and regular relationship between local society and the state, showing a good example for the unity of multiple ethnic groups and local social governance in border areas in China.