人观、养育实践与成年礼——西汉水流域汉人“寄保”习俗的人类学研究

The Concept of Person,Rearing Practice and Adult Etiquette:An Anthropological Study on the Jibao Culture of Han People in the West Han River Valley

盛行于西汉水流域汉人社会的"寄保"习俗是以幼儿养育为题旨的传统社会生活实践,它具体再现了以出生时间观念与地方民间信仰体系为基础对幼年阶段生命状态的文化性理解与建构,并在殷切表达对幼年生命关怀的仪式展演中完成了对迈向成年生命历程的个体人格的社会文化赋意。

In the west Han River valley,the Jibao is one of the traditional social practices. It is based on the concept of person which the destiny is in view of the date of birth,and shows loving care for the childhood and express the building of life course,endows the deep meanings to the life process from the childhood to the adult,and proves to be the unique rite of passage.