土家族婚礼中“讲礼行”的论辩内容及其意义浅议

The Context and Meaning of Jiang Li Xing in Tu Jia Wedding

"讲礼行"是土家族婚礼中某些固定场合下所展开的别具特色的口头论辩活动,期间所论辩的内容丰富多彩,但都可以被归纳为寒暄、盘根、周旋和交接四类,每一类论辩内容背后又都隐含着其特定的意义:寒暄象征着土家族的待客之礼,盘根象征着双方实力的较量,周旋的背后隐含着土家族无畏的抗争精神,交接则象征着公开的承诺。

＂Jiang Li Xing＂is the phenomenon of the oral debating in the specific scene of Tujia wedding.There are a lot of contexts in the oral debating,but they could be differed to four kinds： greetings,interrogating,socializing and accounting.Each kind of context has certain meaning.Greetings means the rival about guest of Tu jia,interrogating means competition between the groom family and bride family,socializing means the fighting spirit of Tu jia,accounting means an opening promise.