论花鼓灯的文化内涵——兼与潘丽同志商榷

On Cultural Connotations of Huagu Opera Art

花鼓灯艺术是农耕文明的产物。在长期的文化涵化、濡化过程中,花鼓灯已成为一种相互融合、以和为贵、自娱又娱人的开放性和共荣性很强的文化载体。花鼓灯文化充分体现了中华农耕文明的稻作文化和粟作文化在淮河流域的有机融合,其中粟作文化占有明显的优势。因此,花鼓灯艺术具有兼容南北文化之优长、而以北方文化为主的根本特质。

Huagu Opera Art is a product of agricultural civilization. During the long process of its acculturation and encuhuration, Huagu Opera Art has become a cultural carrier for social harmony, the openness and co-prosperity, amusing both the audiences and performers. The culture of Huagu Opera Art reflects the blending of both rice and millet cultivation in Huaihe River drainage area in Chinese agricultural civilization with the latter holding the obvious superiority. Namely, Huagu Opera Art possesses its fundamental characteristics, absorbing the merits of both southern and northern Chinese culture with an emphasis on northern culture.