羌寨考察记

A Survey of Qiang Village

一直以来,作为一名民俗研究工作者,羌族独特的风俗习惯和宗教文化深深吸引着我。我曾先后两次深入羌区考察,每一次都有不同的感受。1997年夏天,我有幸成为中日长江上游历史文化调查队的一员,第三次进入了四川省阿坝州境内岷江上游的羌族聚居区。

In summer, 1997, I was lucky to join the Sino-Japanese Survey Team of History and Culture in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River. It was the 3rd time for me to enter the Qiang people-inhabited area in the Aba Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. We focused our survey on the Qiangfeng Village, Wenchuan County and Taoping Village, Lixian County. We tasted uniquely-flavored qingke (highland barley) wine, heavily-smoked bacon and potato meal in the Qiang peoples' home, visited diaolou (a hexagonal-shaped stone house), the symbol of the Qiangs' village, which was so impressive that one could not help feeling profuse in one' s praise and enjoyed Qiang people's song and dance performance. Sincere and honest Qiang people left an unforgettable impression on us all.