少数民族传统体育的文化象征与社会功能探究——以仡佬族舞毛龙为例

Cultural Symbols and Social Functions of Traditional Ethnic Minority Sports——A Case Study of Gelao Long Hair Dragon Dance

从社会学的角度审视石阡县仡佬族舞毛龙这一民族传统体育活动。运用文献分析法、田野调查法和逻辑分析法对石阡县仡佬族舞毛龙的历史渊源、毛龙制作工艺、表演方法、文化象征及社会功能进行了深入分析。研究认为,舞毛龙这项民族体育活动蕴涵着图腾崇拜、民间宗教和民族融合等文化元素,其社会功能主要包括体现民族审美、文化传承、社会控制等。

This paper analyzes the traditional sport of Gelao Long Hair Dragon Dance in Shiqian County from a sociological perspective. The study explored in depth its origin, craftsmanship of the Long Hair, performing methods, cultural symbols and social functions. The paper concludes that hair dragon dance contains such cultural elements as totem worship, folk religions and the blending of ethnic groups, and that its social function mainly consists in national aesthetic entertainment, cultural heritage, social control.