中国海洋神话的发展与传承

Legends of China's Oceans: Development and Inheritance

华东师范大学社会发展学院民俗研究所在2015年7月承办了暑期"海洋文化论坛",刘惠萍和田兆元两位教授就海洋神话展开了讨论,认为海洋神话是中国传统神话的组成部分,是人类认识海洋、构筑宇宙观的探索。海洋神话在不同时期有不同的形态,因社会、经济、思想信仰的变迁而产生变化,出现新的海洋之神和神话,并影响着人们的思想信仰,乃至经济和社会,并与当今的21世纪海上丝绸之路的提法仍有契合之处,有待于进一步研究,并将促进海洋文化的研究和发展。

Institute of Folklores of School of Social Development in East- China Normal University hosted a summer forum on ocean culture in July 2015. Prof. Liu Huiping and Prof.Tian Zhaoyuan debated on ocean legends,arguing that legends of oceans are part of traditional Chinese legends,reflecting Chinese understandings of oceans and explorations of the concept of universe. Legends of oceans varied from era to era in form according to social,economic and ideological conditions. The gods of oceans and the legends appearing accordingly have affected people＇s ideologies and faiths and even economy and society,matching somehow the proposition of Ocean Silk Road in the 21 stcentury.