摘要
端午是明清小说中屡屡出现的节日意象,具有极为重要的民俗文化史价值和文学表现功能。从明清小说的描写中,能够看出端午节被时人视为大节,端午节作为假日而存在,它是人情往来的一个重要契机,亲友间馈赠礼品和节庆宴饮于明清小说中多有展现。端午节的娱乐色彩在明清小说中也得到了生动展现,如龙舟竞渡等。端午节的避邪习俗如插艾、佩端午索、菖蒲酒等亦屡屡见于明清小说。明清小说中端午节俗的描写主要呈现为如下功能:作为人物命运的节点出现,被作家有意识地用作展现人物关系及其发展变化的契机,使小说情节呈现出鲜明的节奏感。
The Dragon Boat Festival is a festival image emerging repeatedly in the novels of the Ming and Qing dynasty. The Description about the dragon boat festival of the novels of the Ming and Qing dynas- ty has great value in folklore, it has important literary - demonstrative - function too. The authors of the no- vels of the Ming and Qing dynasty tell us that the dragon boat festival is regarded as an important festival by people of the time by describing it. In the Ming and Qing dynasty, the dragon boat festival is an important holiday on which people interact, such as presenting gifts and fessting. The bright entertainment of the drag- on boat festival are reflected in the novels of the Ming and Qing dynasty, such as dragon - boat race. The customs of Exorcism on dragon boat festival, such as inserting the tarragon, wearing cords used at Dragon Boat Festival, drinking calamus wine and so on, emerged largely in the novels of the Ming and Qing dynas- ty. The Description about the dragon boat festival of the novels of the Ming and Qing dynasty sometimes acts as a node of character - fate, sometimes acts as opportunities of relationships of the characters and their evolution. Sometimes it brings distinct rhythm to the novel＇ s plot.
出处
《兰州学刊》
CSSCI
北大核心
2017年第10期118-131,共14页
关键词
明清小说
端午
民俗
文学价值
the novels of the Ming and Qing dynasty
the dragon boat festival
folklore
literature value
