年例仪式与社会功能——以粤西电白县潭村为例

Yearly Worship and Its Social Functions——Taking Tan Village in West Gangdong as the Example

本文在田野调查的基础上,对粤西年例仪式进行了详尽的民族志描述,并由此对年例仪式的社会功能进行了剖析。文章提出,粤西年例仪式具有社会认同功能、娱乐功能、心理功能及经济功能等多方面的社会功能,年例的演变是一种文化变迁。

Based on the fieldwork, this paper makes local records of yearly worship in west Guangdong and makes an analysis of its social functions. It is pointed out that yearly worship carries such functions as social identity, amusement, psychology and economy, and that evolution of yearly worship is cultural transition.