苗族桥文化的变迁——以“西江千户苗寨”为个案研究

Development of the Miao People's Bridge Culture: A Case Study of Xijiang Miao Village with One Thousand Households

苗族的桥及其桥文化是苗族文化的重要组成部分。笔者在西江千户苗寨调研时发现,在西江苗寨现代社会转型之时,西江的桥和桥文化在不同程度上也产生了变异。西江千户苗寨在苗族地区有很大影响力,是苗族文化的风向标,其变化对周边苗族地区更具投射作用。对其研究,以小见大,以便了解一个民族在现代转型期中文化的发展动向。

The Miao people＇ s bridges and their bridge culture are important components of Miao culture. Through surveys in Xijiang Miao Village with One Thousand Households the writer discovered that Xijiang＇ s bridges and bridge culture have experienced changes of various degrees in the social transitional period of modernization. As the village is influential in Miao areas, its change will definitely exert considerable impact on neighboring Miao areas. The study, hence, is beneficial for the understanding of the Miao people＇ s culture in the transitional modem period.