近十年国内仪式研究现状综述

A Survey of Studies on Ceremonies in China in the Past 10 Years

仪式是诸多文化现象的承载体。近十年来国内研究者分别从文化学、人类学、社会学、民俗学等不同视角进行建设性探究。1.关于仪式与信仰的基本理论研究。(1)仪式的界定及仪式功能的探讨。大致有两个方向:一是对古典神话和仪式的诠释;二是对仪式的宗教渊源和社会行为的探讨。(2)自然崇拜、祈福禳灾等巫术信仰文化的研究。2.中国古代文学作品的仪式研究。(1)仪式对文学作品生成的影响研究;(2)对作品文本中仪式描写的研究。3.民间仪式及民俗信仰的研究。(1)民俗信仰仪式的理论关照;(2)民间仪式与地方民俗传统的田野调查与研究。

Ceremonies are a carrier of various cultural phenomena. For the past ten years, domestic researchers have been carrying on constructive studies on them respectively from the perspectives of cultural science, anthropology, sociology, ethnology and so on. For example： 1. Researches on elementary theories concerning ceremonies and beliefs. （a） The discussion of the definition and function of ceremonies including the interpretation of classical mythology and ceremonies, and the discussion on the religious origin and social behavior of ceremonies. （b） Researches on beliefs in witchcraft such as worshiping nature and praying to avoid plagues. 2. Researches on ancient Chinese literary works concerning ceremonies. （a） Researches on the influence of ceremonies on literary work creation. （b） Researches on the description of ceremonies in literary works. 3. Researches on folk ceremonies and folk customs. （a） Researches on the theory of ceremonies concerning folk customs. （b） Field investigation and research of folk ceremonies and local folk custom traditions.