《亚鲁王》:原始农耕文明时代的英雄史诗

King Yalu:the Heroic Epic in Primitive Agricultural Period

苗族英雄史诗《亚鲁王》的发现、记录与出版是21世纪我国非物质文化遗产保护工作的重大成果,从此它不仅继续以"自然生命"——口传的方式流传于民间,而且将以其"第二生命"在更广大的读者中流传,为多种保护渠道提供了可能。《亚鲁王》是迄今发现的第一部苗族英雄史诗,它的发现、记录和出版改写了已有的苗族文学史乃至我国多民族文学史。《亚鲁王》在20世纪历次调查中均被忽视,此次普查中被发现,从而填补了民族文化的空白。与已知的许多英雄史诗不同,《亚鲁王》是原始农耕文明时代的文化佳作,它为中国文化多元化增添了新的元素,为已有的世界史诗谱系增添了一个新的家族。

It is a great achievement of Chinese intangible cultural heritage protection work in the 21st century that Miao heroic epic King Yalu has been found, recorded and published. From now on, King Yalu will not only be passed on orally but also spread among more readers in the form of its second life, which provides possibilities for various pro- tections. As the first found Miao heroic epic, King Yalu changed Miao literature history and even Chinese multiethnic literature history. Having been overlooked during several investigations in the 20th century, the finding of King Yalu filled the blank of ethnic culture. Different from many heroic epics, King Yalu is the cultural representative of primitive agricultural period and adds new element to Chinese cultural diversity and world epic family.