云南富宁壮族《坡芽歌书》的民族植物学探析

An Ethnobotanical Study on Poya Song Book of Zhuang Ethnic Group in Funing County

云南富宁壮族《坡芽歌书》是一部以原始图画文字记录民歌的文献,记录于土布上的81个符号代表81首民歌,蕴含丰富的民族植物信息。文章运用民族植物学方法,对《坡芽歌书》中与植物有关的符号进行调查,对所涉及植物的象征意义进行解读,并对其在现代植物学分类中的地位进行考证、编目和分析。研究结果显示:“歌书”中与植物有关的符号有24个,涉及到21种植物,隶属于4种生活型;其中,可以确定科的植物共19种,隶属14科;“歌书”中涉及的这些植物在使用部位和具体用途方面具有多样性、民族性的特点。

The Poya Song Book of Zhuang Ethnic Group in Funing,Yunnan Province,is a document recording folk songs with original picture characters.The 81 symbols recorded on the coarse cloth represent 81 folk songs,which contain abundant information of ethnic plants.This paper used ethnobotanical methods to investigate the plant-related symbols in Poya Song Book.The symbolic significance of the 21 species of plants in Poya Song Book was interpreted,and the status of this book in modern botanical classification was studied,catalogued and analyzed.The results showed that the 24 plant-related symbols belonged to 21species,which could be classified into 4 life forms.19 of the 21 species of plants could be classified into 14 families for certain.The plants in the book had characteristics of diversity and ethnicity in medicinal parts and specific application.