摘要
人类与自然的关系问题,既是一个古老的课题,也是一个崭新的课题。就彝族而言,在与自然的关系中自古就有保护自然生态的习俗。这些习俗现从某些种角度看似乎是落后的"迷信",但在特定的语境下却能发挥应有的作用。随着社会的发展,现在的环保固然要引进新的机制和科学的方法,使之形成一种综合的文化软实力。
The folk customs of an ethnic group are their living and spiritual culture which were created,inherited,and enjoyed by generations of that group. It has a function in the education,norms,unity,regulations,aesthetics,etc. of the group. The function of regulations is reflected in three aspects： 1） regulating the relations of human beings; 2） regulating individual psychology; and 3） regulating the relations between man and nature. Seen from the perspective of current environmental protection,the most important content found in the regulations of the relations between the man and nature is protecting the environment through specific behavior,and promoting the importance of environmental protection through specific behavior or public form. Many ethnic groups in the world have flood myths. There are many reasons for the creation of flood myths. However,one aspect is clear — the cause of the flood reflects a kind of concept linked with the culture of man. For example,the cause of the flood in the Bible was that God saw that mankind lost its morality and people did not receive him kindly. The causes of the flood myth among the various Yi branches are different. Among them one cause was that humans reclaimed land excessively,therefore,the leader of the heavenly deities created a flood to punish them. For example,the flood myth popular in the Yi area of Guizhou connects the cause and effect of the people＇ s intensive farming with the flood. If we interpret this myth within the context of environmental protection,we will reach a different conclusion which goes beyond its former meaning. In the Yi＇ s traditional society,in addition to the education of environmental protection in the form of literature,there are also rituals which play a function in environmental protection. Seen from xinan yizhi（ Southwest Yi History） and a large number of ancient Yi classics,as well as the folklore among the Yi society,there are a lot of environmental protection behaviors in the Yi＇ s traditional beliefs and their ritual
出处
《民族学刊》
2014年第1期23-27,102-103,共7页
Journal of Ethnology
基金
西南民族大学国家重大项目培育项目"彝族民俗文化软实力研究"阶段性成果
关键词
彝族
传统习俗
彝区环保
the Yi
traditional custom
environmental protection in the Yi area
