从斗争到和谐:端午民俗艺术行为的演变轨迹及其现代启示

From Struggle to Harmony: The Evolution of the Dragon Boat Festival Customs and its Modern Inspiration

通过考察端午节一系列民俗活动的共同结构,可以发现争斗和竞争行为是其主要方面,此种行为来源于原始巫术镇压及禳解思维。此后的纪念活动和食粽习俗成为节日的主要内容,阴阳思想的兴起和人文礼乐精神的传播对节日内涵产生了影响,使端午节的主要功能逐渐从争斗向和谐转化。今天我们的文化建设,仍然应该注重发挥民俗节日的社会功用,在了解节日发生内在机制的基础上,积极赋予节日活动以新的时代精神和内容。

In this paper, I firstly investigate the mutual structure of the series of folk activities in Dragon Boat Festival, and I think that struggle and competition is the main part, and this behavior derives from original witchcraft and the thinking of removing misfortune. Then, I analyze the later memorizing activities and customs of eating Zongzi and explain why we do these things in the festival, and put forward that the rising up of Yin and Yang thought and the impact of humanistic ritual and music upon the festival connotation, and conclude that the main function of Dragon Boat Festival began to change from struggle to harmony. Today, we should still pay attention to the social function of folk festivals, and we could endow the festival with new spirit and content based upon the inner generation system of festival.