从“以歌为媒”到“以哭为诉”--论土家族哭嫁歌婚恋文化及其现代价值

From“Song as a Matchmaker”to“Crying as a Complaint”--On the Tujia’s Marriage and Love Culture of Crying Wedding Song and Its Modern Value

哭嫁歌作为土家族独具特色的婚恋习俗,诠释着人们对婚恋的认识,是土家族女性集体智慧的结晶,她们用哭、唱的方式将生活体验融入其中。从“以歌为媒”到“以哭为诉”,哭嫁歌表现了独特的婚恋文化内涵,折射土家女子心理情感的变化历程,颂扬孝敬父母、知恩图报、夫妻和睦、勤俭持家的传统美德,传承土家族哭嫁歌婚恋文化对于促进民族文化认同,铸牢中华民族共同体意识有着重要的现代价值。

As a unique marriage and love custom of the Tujia people,the cry of marriage songs interprets people’s understanding of marriage and love.It is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of Tujia women.They use crying and singing to integrate their life experience into it.From“song as a matchmaker”to“cry as a complaint”,the crying wedding song expresses the unique cultural connotation of marriage and love,reflects the changes in the psychological and emotional process of Tujia women,and extols filial piety to parents,knowledge of grace,harmony between husband and wife,and diligence and frugality in the family.Traditional virtues and inheritance of Tujia’s marriage and marriage culture have important modern values for promoting national cultural identity and forging the consciousness of the Chinese nation’s community.