畲族的尊老风尚

She Ethnic Group: The Prevailing Custom of Respecting the Elderly

勤劳古朴的畲族人民在长期的社会生活中,形成了尊敬老人的社会风尚,不仅表现在吃、住、行等日常社会生活中,在重大节日、过寿等活动中更是表现出对老者的特别尊重,畲族人民对老者的尊重还写入畲族的家谱中,成为畲人必须遵循的社会规范,畲人的尊老对于当今老龄社会树立正确的尊老观念具有借鉴和促进作用。

She ethnic group has developed their prevailing custom of respecting the elderly in the long-term social life of the group. The custom manifests itself in those aspects of daily life for the elderly such the food, lodging, and the celebration of important festivals and the birthday. They even record the custom in their genealogy and make it a social norm. Their tradition can exert positive exemplary function for the aging society today.