蛇图腾与广西北海疍家人的信仰

On Snake Totem and the Beliefs of the Tanka People in Beihai,Guangxi

北海疍家人对蛇有着特殊的敬意,蛇图腾是疍家先民对自然的原始认识,疍家人从敬畏蛇到一般崇拜再到图腾崇拜,经历了一系列的变化。疍家人蛇崇拜有着多种多样的表现形式,研究疍家人蛇图腾崇拜对了解疍家的历史、风俗以及人的文化心理具有重要意义。

The Tanka people in Beihai show special respect for snakes. Snake totem represents the Tanka an- cestor＇s primitive perception of the nature. The Tanka people have gone through a series of significant changes and developments from reverence of snake to ordinary worship and then to totemism. They show their worship for snake with various manifestations. The studies of the Tanka people＇s totemism of snake is of great significance for understanding their history, custom and cultural psychology.