梁祝哀恋与民间文艺创造

Sad Love Story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in Relation to Creation of Folk Literature and Art

梁祝哀恋是中国偶像式爱情故事之一。作为国家第一批非物质文化遗产代表作,梁祝文化正在受到越来越多的人的关注。文章旨在揭示梁祝故事流变发展过程中民俗文化和民间文艺所起的作用,特别是民间文艺的创造作用。它们为梁祝"误婚"原因翻案;演绎史料中具有戏剧性意义的故事元素;展开想像力为梁祝的哀痛结局加上美丽浪漫的"化蝶";将梁祝的前身后世增添意味深长的节日文化寓意。民俗是梁祝文化成长的摇篮,民间文艺对梁祝故事具有再造一般的功绩。这一切,均能对我们今天保护和传承梁祝文化这一非物质文化遗产,产生积极有效的启示作用。

The sad love story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is one of idolized love stories in China. As a representative masterpiece of the first national bunch of non - material cultural heritage, Liang - Zhu Culture is being paid close attention to by more and more people. This paper is intended to reveal the important roles that the Chinese folklore culture and folk literature ＆ art had played in the process of the spread and development of the Liang - Zhu Story, and particularly the creative role the Chinese folk literature and art had played in it. They reverse the cause of Liang and Zhu＇s “mistaken marriage”; they deduce the story elements of dramatic significance from historical materials; they add to the sad outcome of Liang - Zhu Love the beautiful and romantic plot known as “Turning Into a Pair of Butterflies” by letting their imagination go on wings; they provide Liang＇ s and Zhu＇ s predecessors and their descendents with significant implied meaning of the Chinese festival culture. The Chinese folklore is the cradle of Liang - Zhu Culture. The Chinese folk literature and art makes great contribution to the Liang - Zhu love sto- ry, which reproduces stories of the same type. All of the above - mentioned are likely to enlighten us in a positively effective way when we are protecting, carrying forward, and spreading Liang - Zhu Culture, a kind of non - material cultural heritage.