汉代产育风俗探析

A Discussion on the Custom of Childbirth in the Han Dynasty

汉代江南民间流行产妇离家迁居庐舍的习俗,待生子满月后再返回故居。这种风俗起源于原始氏族社会对行经、分娩妇女的迷信禁忌。当时北方中原地区经济、文化发达,文明程度较高,孕妇大多居家生育,但仍有排斥"寄产",入居"乳舍"、官舍及行宫分娩等产育风俗,是原始禁忌的残存或流变。

The custom that lying -in women moved to another place to give birth to their children and returned to their own home after one month is prevalent among the people in regions south of the Yangtze River in the Hart Dynasty. This superstitious habit resulted from taboo on menses and confinement in the primitive clan society, which is a traditional unenlightened ideology. At that time, the economy and culture in central plains in the North areas are more advanced, therefore pregnant women usually bore children at their own house, however, there are still some primitive customs of childbirth, such as rejecting other woman＇ s parturition at one＇ s own home, moving in lactation house and official residence etc.