江华瑶族传统家屋的空间与社会

On the Space and Society of Traditional Living Houses of Jianghua Yao Ethnic Group

家屋一直是人类学研究的经典主题,但瑶族传统家屋却较少得到关注。本文通过对江华瑶族传统家屋建筑形式、建造、使用、继承的分析,揭示了江华瑶族传统家屋既是瑶族同胞赖以安身立命的物质空间,也是独立的社会再生产空间,空间结构具有群聚式、社会性的特征。在江华瑶族社会中,他们将家屋视为一个有生命力的个体,重视次序结构,亲属关系和社会网络的建立和实践是以家屋为追溯原则。他们创造和延续家屋的方式,深刻影响着其社会的结构和功能。

The living house has been a classical subject of anthropology, but the traditional living house of Jianghua Yao ethnic groups has been received much less attention. In ttlis paper, through the analysis of the traditional house＇s form, construction, use and inheritance of the Jianghua Yao ethnic group, the author reveals that the people of Jianghua Yao ethnic group do not only live on physical space, but also are independent of social reproduction space. Their space structure has the characteristic of cluster type and social nature. In the Jianghua Yao ethnic group of society, they see houses as a living individual and pay attention to order structure. Their kinship and the social network of establishment and practice is to house for traceability principle. The way in which they create and sustain house has a profimnd impact on the structure and function of society.