祈雨与地方社会——以《博罗龙华陈孝女志》为中心的考察

Praying for Rain and Daily Life:Analyzing the Chronicles of Chen Xiaonv of Longhua Town of Boluo County

干旱对于生活在传统农业社会的人们而言,是经常遭遇而又不得不应对的议题,祈雨就成为应对干旱的一项重要的仪式和民俗活动。在惠州博罗县龙华镇矗立着一座陈孝女祠。陈孝女曾是官方认可的重要祈雨之神,她成为社区凝结的重要纽带,深刻地勾连了官民关系和村落关系,使得地方社会在面对旱灾之时,能够共同抵御,发挥出最大力量。透过民间文书《博罗龙华陈孝女志》,可以窥见祈雨仪式的片断以及陈孝女在社区中存在的重要意义。

Rain is closely related to daily life.People living in the traditional agricultural society always encounter drought and have to deal with this issue.It has become an important ritual and folk activity in response to drought for the purpose of praying for rain. There is a Chen Xiaonv temple of Longhua Town of Boluo County in Huizhou.Chen was officially recognised as an important god of rain.She became an important bond for community cohesion and was connected with the relationship of the official and people and villages. In the face of the drought,the local society would resist it together. To a certain extent,it integrates the local society that folk belief and the praying for rain activities. Through the folk text named the chronicles of Chen Xiaonv,it will reveal the fragments of ritual praying for rain. And it also can perceive the significance of Chen Xiaonv in the community.