迎紫姑习俗起源新论

A new Study into the Origin of the Custom Welcoming Zigu

本文将迎紫姑习俗与正月十五其他古老习俗相比较 ,发现了这些节俗的共同文化内核 ,由此揭开了迎紫姑习俗起源之谜。作者提出了原始的粪土崇拜是形成迎紫姑习俗的土壤的新观点 ,分析了紫姑信仰经历了由粪神到厕神的演变过程 ,揭示了迎紫姑习俗绵亘千年的深层文化之源。

In this essay,by comparing the practice of Welcoming ZiGu with other ancient customs,the author discovers the common cultural core within them,thus urveiling the mystery of the origin of Wilcoming Zi Gu.The author proposes that the primitive worship of excrement is the soil for the establishment of such practice.The belief in Zi Gu undergoes the evolution from the Goddess of Excrement to the Goddess of Lavatory.The sustained pursuit of life is the deep cultural reason why the practice of Welcoming Zi Gu and the belief in Zi Gu have gone through thousands of years.