民俗学视野下的山西晋中传统生养习俗——以祁县为个案

Inquiry into Folk Customs of Bearing and Raising Children in Jinzhong,Shanxi Province —— Taking Qixian County as an Example

诞生习俗是晋中民俗生活中的重要组成部分,是当地人将个体生命加以习俗化的程序规范和阶段性标志,亦是生命周期观和价值观的体现,而求子、孕育、生产、庆贺、养育等一系列养育习俗,则是民众群体间沟通和互动行为的展开,进一步建构和表演着当地民众的社会结构和完整的生命文化。

The custom of bearing and rearing a child is an important component of the folkways life in Jinzhong. It is the periodical symbol of the process in which the local people customize individuality and it is also the embodiment of life＇ s periodicity and axiology, This thesis discusses the folk custom of bearing and bringing up children of Qixian County in Jinzhong, Shanxi, which aims to reveal the function of the folklore, and the conception of time, and the conception of history of the local people.