由巴到中华:中华民族共同体视域下巫山神女传说变迁研究

From Ba to China:A Study on the Mythological Changes of Wushan Goddess from the Perspective of Community for the Chinese Nation

“巫山神女”的传说经过千年演变,成为当今中华文明爱情神话的典范。结合考古、文献等方法对其进行微观剖析发现,这个变迁过程是以巫山神女为代表的三峡地区巴等群体在战国末期融入楚,后又在秦汉时期和楚一起融入中华民族共同体的历史反映。由此可见,中华民族共同体的形成在空间上经历了由局部到整体,维度上由经济到政治最后到文化的过程。当下推动各民族的共有文化符号建设是铸牢中华民族共同体意识的重要内容之一。

The legend of the“Goddess of Wushan”has evolved over thousands of years and has become a model for the love myth in contemporary Chinese civilization.Through micro-analysis by using archaeological and literature methods,it has found out that the process of changes was a historical reflection of the integration of Ba and other ethnic groups in the Three Gorges Region,represented by the Goddess of Wushan into Chu at the end of the Warring States period,and later into the community for the Chinese nation together with Chu during the Qin and Han Dynasties.It can be seen that the formation of the community for the Chinese nation has a spatical process from local to whole in space,from economic to political,and finally to culture in type.Therefore,promoting the shared symbols and culture construction of all ethnic groups is one of the important contents of consolidating the sense of community for the Chinese nation.