历史与故事的互构:山西河曲圣母传说的探析

The Inter Construction of History and Story:An Analysis of the Goddess Legend in Hequ County

河曲是晋蒙两省沿黄相近的县城,明清以来形成以娘娘滩为中心的圣母信仰。从正史、地方志及碑刻等资料来探析圣母传说,利于理解它的创造是历史与故事的互构过程。它巧用《史记》《汉书》等薄姬文帝有关记载进行情节的填充与附会,实现文本的自圆其说;它是河曲明代地处蒙古部落边陲时代背景的反映,民众面临军事袭扰威胁的历史背景影响故事文本的创造;它塑造的圣母形象成为明清在民间发挥教化作用的可用素材而被认可,官方与民间共同促进圣母信仰的延续。

Hequ is a county between Shanxi province and Mongolia, and it nears the Yellow River. Since Ming and Qing Dynasty, it has developed the belief of goddess in niangniangtan. Through historical materials, it was clear thai the creation of the goddess legend was an inter-construction process between history and story. It used Shih Chi and Han Shu record about Boji to fill the story and accomplished the entire of the plots. It was the era background of encountering Mongolian tribes in Ming Dynasty, and was the history reflection of threats of military attacks. Thus, the historical background influenced the creation of the story text. Goddess gave the available material for education function in folk and got approval from the official in the Ming and Qing Dynasty, then the official and folk together promoted the continuation of goddess belief.