“踏祖公”仪式与富川平地瑶族群的交互关系

The Interactive Relationship between “Following Ancestors” Ceremony and Pingdi-Yao Ethnic Group in Fuchuang

仪式与族群存在交互关系,族群成员之间的认同感和凝聚力需要仪式来强化,仪式的展演和传承需要族群成员的共同参与,为仪式符号赋予特定的含义,否则仪式就失去了储存文化传统的功能。富川平地瑶古老的"踏祖公"仪式与富川平地瑶族群存在深刻的交互关系。一方面,富川平地瑶族群通过"踏祖公"仪式祭祀祖先和展演族群艰难的迁徙历史,使平地瑶间的族群认同感和凝聚力得以增强;另一方面,族群成员通过共同参与祭祀仪式,在仪式过程中用"踏九州""盘王出游"等为"踏祖公"仪式赋予特定的、共同的民族文化内涵。

There is an interactive relationship between the ceremony and ethnic group,because the ceremonies can strength the identity and cohesion among ethnic members,while the performance and inheritance of ceremonies require the members to participate together and endow specific meanings on the ritual symbols,otherwise the ceremonies will lose their functions of storing conventions of culture.There is a profound interactive relationship between the ancient“Following Ancestors”ceremony in Fuchuang and Pingdi-Yao Ethnic group in Fuchuang.On the one hand,Pingdi-Yao People in Fuchuang offer sacrifices to their ancestors and perform a hard migrating history via“Following Ancestors”ceremony,which leads to the strengthening of identity and cohesion.On the other hand,the ethnic members endow national cultural meanings on“Following Ancestors”ceremony via participating sacrificial ceremony with“Stepping on Jiuzhou”,“King Pan traveling”,or other similar behaviors.