农村婚礼仪式品味的变迁与“城里人”想象——以豫东P村为例

Taste Change in Rural Wedding Ceremonies and the“Urbanite”Imaginations of Rural Youth—A Case Study of P Village in Eastern Henan Province

在城乡一体化进程中,农村婚礼仪式无论在形式还是内容上都发生了巨大变化。基于对豫东P村村民的半结构访谈和参与观察所获得的经验材料,通过对农村婚礼仪式品味变迁的研究可以发现:传统农村婚礼仪式的品味旨在形式与意义一体化的文化表达;而在城乡社会流动、文化融合及消费模式的转变过程中,婚庆公司的介入为农村青年期望通过“城里人”想象的构建提升审美水平进而实现自我认同与社会认同提供了可能。在农村婚礼仪式的现代化演化过程中,视觉消费与体验成为婚礼举办者与参与者共同关注的核心,农村青年通过对时尚婚礼的模仿,在一定程度上实现了品味提升需求的虚假满足。然而,因文化资本获得性差异,“城里人”想象处于一种未竟状态,以婚礼仪式为代表的城乡间青年审美品味区隔仍难破除。

In the process of urban-rural integration,rural wedding ceremonies have undergone significant changes in both form and content.Based on semi-structured interviews and observations of villagers in P Village,eastern Henan Province,this study explores the taste change in rural wedding ceremonies.It finds that traditional rural wedding ceremonies aimed at cultural expression integrating form and meaning.However,with increased social mobility,cultural integration,and shifts in consumption patterns,the involvement of wedding planning companies has offered rural youth the opportunity to enhance their aesthetics and achieve self and social identity through the construction of“urbanite”imaginations.In the modernization of rural wedding ceremonies,visual consumption and experience have become central concerns for both hosts and participants.By imitating fashionable urban weddings,rural youth have achieved a superficial satisfaction of their desire for elevated taste.Nevertheless,due to differences in access to cultural capital,the“urbanite”imagination of the rural youth remains incomplete,and the aesthetic taste divide between urban and rural youth,as exemplified by wedding ceremonies,remains difficult to bridge.