汉唐风土记的历史民俗学价值

On the Academic Value of Social Customs Documents Duringthe Period of the Han and Tang Dynasties

风土记是流行于我国古代的专门记载地理和风俗的历史文献,是一种历代传衍的民俗记录和民俗解释文献。我国汉唐时期是风土记发展的鼎盛时代,产生了以周处《风土记》为代表的大量分风土记著作。汉唐风土记体现了中国古人风俗与民情统一、时间与空间统一的民俗观念的发展与演变,具有重要的历史民俗学价值。

Social customs documents are historical data recording geographical features and social customs in ancient China. It is a document making an explanation of ancient social customs. The Han and Tang Dynasties experience the flourishing age of the social customs documents and Zhou-Chu＇ s ＂Social Customs Documents＂ are the representative work of them. Social customs documents have embodied the unity of the local conditions, customs and people, and the unity of time and space of the development of the social customs concept. The social customs documents have important value for Chinese historical folklores.