Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Aims and Scope of This Book 1.2 Theoretical Foundations 1.3 Early History, the Language and Its Speakers, and Geographic Setting 1.4 Zhuang Cultural Beliefs 1.5 Zhuang Botanical Studies: A Brief Overview 1.6 Fieldwork 1.7 Structure of the Book Chapter 2 Zhuang Ethnobotanical Nomenclature: Preliminaries 2.1 The Names of Main Parts of Plants 2.2 Major Categories in Zhuang Ethobotanical Classification 2.3 The Structure of Plant Names in Zhuang 2.4 The Emergence of Plant Nomenclatures in Zhuang 2.5 Ranks in Zhuang Botanical Taxonomy 2.6 Comparative Perspective 2.7 Summary Chapter 3 Farming and Food 3.1 The Historical Background of Zhuang Agriculture 3.2 The Seasons of the Farming Year as Expressed in Song 3.3 Phenology and Farming 3.4 Cultivation Methods of the Zhuang People 3.5 The Zhuang People's Food 3.6 Cultural Values Represented by Food 3.7 Summary Chapter 4 Grains and Other Crops in Zhuang Areas 4.1 Cereal Crops 4.2 Edible Root Tuber Plants 4.3 Woody Grains 4.4 Oil Plants 4.5 Fibre Plants 4.6 Summary Chapter 5 Vegetables 5.1 Categorization of Vegetables 5.2 Medicinal and Other Uses of Vegetables 5.3 Cultural Relationship as Seen from Vegetables' Names 5.4 Summary Chapter 6 Poisonous and Medicinal Plants 6.1. Poisonous Herbaceous Plants 6.2 Poisonous Vines 6.3 Poisonous Xylophytous Plants 6.4 The Zhuang People's Clever Use of Poison 6.5 Summary Chapter 7 Special Plants 7.1 Rare Tree Species 7.2 Plants with Economic Value 7.3 Plants with Special Uses 7.4 Summary Chapter 8 Bamboo 8.1 Common Types of Bamboo in Zhuang Areas 8.2 Common Bamboo Artifacts 8.3 An Elaborated Bamboo Culture 8.4 Summary Chapter 9 Conclusion 9.1 Review of Findings 9.2 Future Directions References Appendix 1 The Sounds ofMashan Zhuang Appendix 2 Zhuang Songs Appendix 3 The Story of the Snail Girl Appendix 4 Table of Plant Names Appendix 5 Figures
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