云南楚雄树苴彝族诞生礼俗探析

An Analysis of the Birth Rituals and Customs of the Yi Ethnic Group in Shuzuo,Chuxiong,Yunnan Province

诞生礼俗是人生的开端礼俗,在人生诸礼中占有重要的位置,是为婴儿祝福、为产妇驱邪而约定俗成的各种礼仪和风俗。云南省楚雄市树苴彝族的诞生礼俗作为其民族文化传承的一个重要途径,对彝族子孙后代的文化习得与其民族的发展具有重要的价值。本文从求子、孕产、庆贺哺育三方面详细论述了树苴彝族独特的诞生礼俗,以期吸取诞生礼俗之精华,弃其糟粕,使彝族优良的诞生礼俗文化得以传承,使传统与现代相结合,从而推动彝族社会科学发展。

The birth ritual and custom are the beginning and very important manner in one＇ s whole life. They include various manners and customs to bless the newborn and expel evil influences for puerperae. As an important way of their national cultural heritage in Shuzuo, Chuxiong, Yunnan Province, the birth ritual and custom have important value for the acquisition of the Yi ethnic culture and its development of future generations. This paper dicusses, in details, the unique birth ritual and custom of Yi nationality from three aspects - prayer, pregnancy and postpartum celebrate - in order to absorb the essence of the birth ritual and custom, abandon its dross, transmit the excellent birth rituals of Yi nationality, and combine the traditional and the modern so as to promote the development of social science of the Yi nationality.