水的文化隐喻及认同变迁:西江流域水文化的人类学研究

CULTURAL METAPHOR OF WATER AND THE CHANGE OF IDENTITY: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY ON WATER- RELATED CULTURE ALONG THE XIJIANG RIVER BASIN

与水相关的历史记忆、禁忌习俗、信仰仪式等构成了地方社会关于水的神秘、圣洁等文化概念图式的形成,而这一文化概念图式的延续其实质是体现了地方民众对水的历史认同,并由此形成一种把水视为非物质文化的生活方式,实现水的象征性管理和利用,从而保证水资源生态环境的持续和谐,为当下水资源危机的认知与缓释提供文化视角。

The historical memory, customs and religious ceremony related to water compose the cuhur-al concepts sanctity historical identity to water as an intangib and mystique of water in the local society. The continuation of this ideology reveals the water of the local people in the essence, and thus forms a way of life which considers le culture, and realizes the symbolic management and utilization of water, so as to en- sure the sustainability and harmony of the ecological environment of water resource. This paper attempts to provide a cultural perspective to cognize and alleviate the crisis of water resource at present.