澧州孟姜女形象的文化解读

The Cultural Interpretation of the Image of Meng Jiangnii of Li Zhou

受湖湘地域文化和南方浪漫精神的影响,澧州孟姜女故事在其流变中,深深地打上了湘楚文化精神的烙印。就故事情节而言,从孟姜女裸浴求婚,到望夫寻夫,再到哭城蹈火,最后显灵护乡,这诸多传说,都存有澧州人依据本地域文化和楚人的理解所进行的编创;就人物形象而言,从孟姜女作为天真浪漫的贞洁少女,到爱恨交织的悲苦少妇,再到忠贞刚烈的巾帼英雄,最后升华为祛灾送子的护佑神女,这些形象的塑造及其内在精神的不断丰富,亦是湘楚文化孕育和陶冶的结果。

Influenced by the regional culture of Hunan arid the southern romantic spirit, the story of Meng Jiangntü of Lizhou, during its evolution, has been deeply stamped the brand of the Xiang - chu cuhrue. As to its plot, many legends in the story of Meng Jiangnü has got the trace of organization and creation according to the local culture and the understandings of Chu people, for example, she proposed marriage when she swam nakedly, she waited and looked for her husband, and she cried under the Great Wall and died there, and finally her ghost showed its power to protect her village. Furthermore, as to the images of character, Meng Jiangnü, she experienced the change from a pure and innocent girl, to a sad woman filled with love and heat, then to a fiery and forthright heroine, finally to a goddess protecting people. The portraying of these images and the constantly enriching spirit of Meng Jiangnii are also the results of the gestation and edification under the Xiang-chu culture.