论岭南地区过癞习俗的真实与虚构

The Virtualization and Reality of Guolai Custom in Lingnan Area

反复见载于明清文学作品中的过癞是南方地区尤其是岭南地区特有的习俗,有真实的一面,亦有虚构的成分。其真实性在于其所过之癞是明清时期南方地区客观存在的真实麻风疾病,是来自对现实世界的客观观察。其虚构性在于癞之过是人们主观臆造出来的一种非科学的医疗想象,是出于民间法术可治病的宗教想象和基于女性生理特点的医学联想。文学书写促进了过癞习俗的传播与建构。

Guolai, a local custom in South China, especially in Lingnan area and repeatedly shown in the literary works of the Ming and Qing dynasties, has both its virtuality and reality. Its reality lies in that Lai of Guolai, the disease of leprosy existing in Lingnan in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is the objective observation of the real world. While its virtualization lies in that Guolai, a non -scientific imaginary treatment of curing the leprosy, which results from the religious imagination those witchcrafts, could cure diseases and the medical conjecture which was on the basis of female physical characters. It＇ s the literary writing that promoted the communication and construction of Guolai custom.