白族农事节日——兼与日本的比较

Bai People's Farming Festivals Compared with Those of Japan

白族地区自古以来稻作农耕十分发达,形成了许多与农事相关的节日习俗,主要有开秧门、绕三灵、火把节、尝新节等。在日本,也有许多与白族相似的农事节日,它们都有祈求神灵保佑和感谢神灵赐予丰产的内在意蕴,但它们也有一些不同之处,类似的节日在这两个地区有着不同的发展取向。本文通过白族农事节日和日本农事节日异同的对比,试图更好的揭示这些农事节日的文化内涵。

Since ancient times, planting of rice crop has been well developed in Bai areas, accompanied with a number of related festivals and customs, principally Opening Seedling Transplanting, Raosanling, Torch Festival, and Tasting Ripening Rice. In Japan, people have many such similar festivals to pray for god's blessings or to express thanks for bumper harvests. Nevertheless, these festivals of the two lands, though similar in some aspects, are quite different in progress. This paper makes a contrast of these festivals in an attempt to bring out the culture underlying them.