冬至年节的集体记忆

Collective Memory Between Winter Solstice and Spring Festival

冬至这一节令,在历代活态生存的民俗生活中,不只有着与年节相似相同的名分,有着历代传承的与年节相同相似的庆贺仪式。这一文化现象源于冬至曾为年节的集体记忆。在周代,在从神话向历史迈进的黄帝时代,冬至有着一岁之首的尊贵与辉煌。

In the everlasting and living reality of folk custom, the 22nd solar term-Winter Solstice not only shows the similar status and fame with Spring Festival, which is the most essential festival in China, but also shares the same celebrating ceremony. This phenomenon reveals that Winter Solstice once was part of the Spring Festival and turned out to be only collective memory later on. In Zhou Dynasty, in the process from Myth to History, which was recognized as in the Period of Huangdi, Winter Solstice shared the respect of the foremost and primary festival in one year.