汉画“马头娘”神话涵容的文化信息

An Investigation into the Cultural Background Information behind the Legend of "Horse-Head Damsel" Chiseled in the Han-Dynasty Stone Relief

人们的物质生活需要和生产方式成就了蚕神"马头娘"神话传说,这一传说的叙事模式在人们口头流传中发展、变异,透过汉画画像和口头传说,可以窥视到它涵容的传统社会的文化信息:即女织生产方式的确立、婚姻的演进、对传统道德的维护等。探讨其文化信息,对于促进社会成员素质的提高、生产方式的改进、经济的发展、社会的稳定有一定借鉴意义和价值。

The legendary story of the God of the Silkworm,known as the Horse-Head Damsel,came into being as a result of the needs of people＇s material life and the advancement of the mode of production.The narrative mode of this legend also underwent development and variation in the historical process of oral transmission.Combining the legendary accounts chiseled in the Han-Dynasty stone relief and those transmitted by word-of-mouth,we can gain an insight into the cultural background information behind the legend of the Horse-Head Damsel,namely,the establishment of the production mode of weaving and spinning on the part of women,the evolution of marriage,the maintenance of traditional ethics and so on.An investigation into the cultural background information behind such a legend is of certain referential value to enhancing the quality of social members,the reformation of the mode of production,the development of the economy and the stability of the society at large.