仪式的交融与亚文化团体的存续

The Blend of Ceremonies and the Sub-culture Group's Surviving and Development

中国人向来重视婚礼与丧礼,并有在婚礼与丧礼上使用音乐的悠久历史传统。豫剧原名河南梆子,因为河南省简称豫。1949年后,河南梆子被定名为豫剧。在河南省,豫剧是雅俗共赏的艺术,并且被广泛应用于婚丧庆典。基督教一向重视唱诗,看重用诗歌赞美上帝。鉴于此,基督教与中华民族文化在当代交融的产物——唱豫剧参与乡村基督徒婚丧礼仪的基督教会唱诗班得以产生。唱诗可以被归类为礼仪;中国人的婚丧仪式属于重大的礼仪。然而,乡村基督教的这种婚丧礼仪是一种排他性的融合,它揭示了基督教对中国传统礼仪,乃至隐藏在中国传统礼仪之后的中国传统宗教文化的排斥与挑战。因此,探讨基督教团体在当代中国社会的适存性就显得尤为必要。

Chinese always attach importance to their weddings and funerals and they also traditionally use music during their weddings and funerals while Christianity always attaches importance to singing. Yu opera is very popular in Weihui city which locates in Henan province; the Chinese rural Christianity choir always sings Yu opera during rural Christians＇ weddings and funerals. As for Christianity, singing anthem is one kind of ceremony; the Chinese funeral rites and the Chinese conjugal rites are also ceremonies. Therefore, the Christian Choir which sings Yu opera to serve the Christians＇ funerals and nuptials is the blend of Chinese ceremony and Christian rite. However, this kind of blend indicates that the rural Christianity spurns the traditional Chinese religion and culture. For example, the rural church forbids the rural Christians and the other common people to kowtow, burn joss sticks and joss paper in the Christian funeral. For this reason, the author argues that the rural Christianity have to face the serious problem that how it can survive and develop smoothly in the China's Mainland.