摘要
西瓜源自域外,其传播、推广和普及不仅为中国带来了优质果蔬,而且丰富了原有的传统岁时节日民俗文化生活。中国的元旦(春节)、上元节、端午节、荐新、立秋、七夕节、中元节、中秋节等传统岁时节日民俗中都不同程度地吸纳和融合了西瓜元素。究其原因,西瓜至少在生物特性、成熟时间和生态特性等三个方面契合了传统岁时节日民俗的宗旨和诉求。作为传统岁时节日民俗文化的重要元素,西瓜是一笔非常重要的农业文化遗产,应当注意挖掘其文化价值和社会意义,使之得以有效保护、传承和发展。
Watermelon is a kind of foreign crop.Its spread,promotion and popularity not only brought China an excellent fruit,but also enriched the original folk cultural life of traditional festivals.Many Chinese traditional folk festivals,such as Chinese New Year(Spring Festival),the Lantern Festival,Dragon Boat Festival,New Crops Recommendation,Beginning of Autumn,Chinese Valentine's Day,Hungry Ghost Festival,the Mid-Autumn Festival,and so on,have all absorbed and combined elements of watermelon to different extent.Investigating the reasons,watermelon fits the purposes and demands of traditional Chinese Folk Festivals at least in biological features,ripening time and ecological character.Watermelon traditional festival folk culture is a very important agricultural cultural heritage,so its cultural value and social significance deserve our attention,and an effective protection,inheritance and development of the culture should be ensured.
出处
《民俗研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2017年第5期79-88,共10页
Folklore Studies
基金
2016年度江苏省普通高校学术学位研究生科研创新计划项目"西瓜引种中国及其本土化进程"(项目编号:KYZZ16_0361)的阶段性成果
2016年度国家社会科学基金重点项目"丝绸之路与中外农业交流研究"(项目编号:16AZS005)资助
关键词
西瓜
岁时节日
民俗
西瓜文化
西瓜灯
watermelon
Chinese folk festivals
folklore
watermelon culture
watermelon lantern
