凤凰厅城的崛起和楚巫文化的张扬(上篇)——《沈从文与湘西》之二

The Rise of Fenghuangting City and the Publicity of Chu-Wu Culture

凤凰厅城崛起 ,成为大湘西首都。辰沅间楚文化中巫风最盛的一支随着辰沅人大量涌入与城区原有土蛮文化汇集、整合与张扬 ,从而使楚巫文化得以在近世闪耀出一抹奇幻夺目的回光。本文系作者书稿《沈从文与湘西》第二部分《论凤凰文化》的导论。其他各节为对凤凰宗教、风俗及民间艺术的述描和解析。

The City of Fenghuangting rises as the capital of the Greater Western Hunan.With people coming in large numbers into the city from the Chen and the Yuan river basins,Wufeng,the most prevalent branch of Chu culture,integrated with the local barbarian culture and spread far and wide,thus enabling Chu-Wu culture to send out its magic original radiance even in modern times.