摭谈巢湖方言习语与巢湖民俗文化

Chaohu Dialect Idioms and Folk Culture

方言研究与地方民俗文化弘扬应互动互补,方言乃民俗事象,亦为民俗内容。巢湖方言习语记录着巢湖当地诸如生产、岁时、信仰等类型的民俗,映射着巢湖百姓生活万象,而巢湖民俗源自于巢湖流域百姓生存的自然环境和社会环境,和与环境相适应的生存模式、行为轨迹,从巢湖方言习语中可管窥巢湖流域民情风俗之一斑。巢湖方言习语具有地域自身独特的谐音民俗特征和富有个性的教育风化功能。巢湖方言与习俗之间关系大多是动态的、互存的和平衡的,只是世革言殊,方言语汇的消长并非与民俗演变亦步亦趋,新民俗会随社会的发展而出现,新方言习语便应运而生。

Research of dialects and the propagation of local folk culture can complement and interact with each other. Dialects are the phenomenon of folkways as well as its content. The idioms in Chaohu dialect record various kinds of local customs, such as productive activities, festivals and beliefs, and reflect different lifestyles of the local people. Chaohu folkways originate in both natural and social environment of the basin of Lake Chaohu. The survival mode and behaviors corresponds with the environment, which can be revealed in the local dialect idioms. The Chaohu dialect idioms have the geographical feature of homophony and unique educational functions. The relation between Chaohu dialect and the folkways is dynamic, dependent and balanced; however, the dialectal vocabulary does not always keep pace with the evolution of folkways. With the social development, new folk customs will appear, and so will the new dialectal idioms.