黄河祭祀的历史演变与新时代“母亲河”形象塑造

The Historical Evolution of the Sacrifice to the Yellow River and the Image Building of “Mother River” in the New Era

黄河祭祀作为黄河文化体系中具有标志意义的仪式性活动,历史上代表的是临河而居、依河而生的先人们对黄河的依恋、敬仰和敬畏并存的多重心理情结。今天,随着黄河水害的彻底根除,黄河与人类的关系也发生了本质性变化,黄河已经上升为中华民族族群文化的标志性载体,而黄河文化则成为对外识别、对内认同的文化标识。因此,恢复黄河祭祀活动,不仅是黄河文化系统性重构和完整性表达的需要,更是提高中华民族文化凝聚力和文化认同感的需要。新时代的黄河崇拜,是中华民族对黄河作为民族发源地和文化归宗的心理表达。

As a symbolic ritual activity in the cultural system of the Yellow River,the sacrifice to the Yellow River represents the multiple psychological complexes of the ancestors living near and by the River,which includes attachment,admiration and awe to the river.Now with the complete eradication of the Yellow River flood,the relationship between the Yellow River and human beings has also undergone essential changes.The Yellow River has been upgraded to the symbolic carrier of Chinese ethnic culture,and the Yellow River culture has become the cultural symbol of external identification and internal identity.Therefore,the restoration of the Yellow River sacrifice is not only the need of the systematic reconstruction and complete expression of the Yellow River culture,but also the need of improving the cultural cohesion and identity of the Chinese nation.The worship of the Yellow River in the new era is the psychological expression of the Chinese nation for the Yellow River as the birthplace and the cultural religiousness.