镜子的魔力——浅析中国民俗中的镜崇拜

Magic Power of the Mirror——An Analysis of Mirror-worship in Chinese Folk-custom

在中国民俗中,镜子的魔力神秘莫测。它不仅可以照妖、镇妖、除妖,而且可以为人透视、治病,甚至还魂。它还具有探测心理,洞察隐私;行雨生风,降雨辟旱;占卜吉凶,预言祸福等多种功用。在民间,它是使用最普遍的辟邪物,大到住宅、婚嫁、丧葬,小到出行、贺寿等几乎都离不开它,反映了民间镜崇拜心理的普遍性。

The power of the mirror has long been regarded as magic, or even mysterious in Chinese folk-custom. It can be used not only to show true figures of, suppress and kill the demons, and also make fluoroscopy for people, treat diseases and even revive the dead. Further more, it has many other functions such as detecting the mind, peeping at the privacy, arousing the rain and the wind and preventing the drought, predicting the auspices and disasters. In all, it is a most popular, indispensable talisman for common people, whose roles range from indoor disposition, marriage and funeral to journey, birthday celebration, etc, which shows the universality of mirror-worship among the folk people.