二十一世紀初始,中國雲南省紅河州以 "紅河哈尼梯田" 申請為聯合國世界文化遺產,開啟了地方政府以觀光帶動經濟的發展契機,元陽縣新街鎮一帶哈尼族人也經歷日常生活快速變化的情境。在此政治經濟情境下,當地哈尼婦女出現穿戴大量由十九世紀晚期到二十世紀上半葉現代政權所發行的流通貨幣 --- 機鑄銀幣的現象。透過分析物的屬性,本文指出銀幣是哈尼族人物戀的對象,也透過對物性的討論,探討當地哈尼族所面臨的社會文化變遷。在二十一世紀現代化歷程中,於文革時期偷埋的地下銀幣寶藏紛紛發光現身,召喚有福氣的哈尼族人前來將之挖掘出土。本文試圖討論哈尼族婦女如何藉由穿戴民族服飾與銀幣,建立人與物之間不可異化的關係,來面對日趨異化的日常生活情境。
At the beginning of the 21st century, local authorities in southwest China's Yunnan province nominated 'Honghe Hani Rice Terraces' as the UNESCO's World Heritage. It opened up an opportunity to promote local economic growth through developing tourist business. Since then, the Hani ethnic minority in Xinjie Town, Yuanyang County experience rapid modernization in everyday life. Within the context of modernization, local Hani women were keen to collect and wear sliver coins issued by modern state authorities in the late 19th century and the first half of 20th century as body decorations. Through analysing its materiality, this dissertation proves that the worn and exhibited silver coin is the object of Hani fetishism. Buried underground during the period of Cultural Revolution, the silver coins contain magic power that would summon people. The Hani people believe that only the blessed person can find the buried silver coins and dig them out. In the process of rapid modernization, the Hani people encounter the crisis of social disruption as the consequence of alienating Hani cultural tradition. By wearing the silver coin, Hani women attain to its magic power that would protect them from the "demons" Associated with the state intervention and the money eruption. This dissertation further explores how the Hani people urges to resume the inalienable relation between people and thing while confronting the consequence of tourism.