家屋营建与圣化实践——侗族传统民居建造仪式的田野表述

House Construction and Its Sceretization: A Field Investigation on Building Ritual of Traditional Dong Dwellings

家屋文化属性的获得实质上是一种圣化实践,其主要的方式就是仪式。藉由仪式的圣化功能,家屋超越了物质表象而成为一种蕴含丰富精神内涵的文化综合体,并对与家屋有关的观念认知和使用规则建立起文化的规定性。在细致田野调查基础上,全面阐述了侗族传统民居营建过程中形式多样、程序复杂的仪式活动,为后续深入的仪式象征阐释奠定了坚实的田野基础。

Essentially, the acquisition of cultural traits of house is a kind of sceretization, and the principle method of it is ritual. With help of sceretization function of ritual, dwelling surpasses its material appearance and transformed into a cultural compound with abundant spiritual connotation. Thus, dwelling establishes cultural provisions for related conceptual recognition and utilizing rule. On the basis of thorough field investigation, the article comprehensively describes in detailed, diverse and complex ritual activities in construction process of traditional Dong dwellings. The work of this article settles concrete field foundation for further deep interpretation of symbolic meanings of rituals.