地理研究 ›› 2008, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 1437-1443.doi: 10.11821/yj2008060023

• 旅游与文化 • 上一篇    下一篇

侗族禁忌文化的生态学解读

闵庆文1, 张 丹1,2   

  1. 1. 中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所,北京 100101;
    2. 中国科学院研究生院,北京 100039
  • 收稿日期:2008-03-18 修回日期:2008-09-22 出版日期:2008-11-25 发布日期:2008-11-25
  • 作者简介:闵庆文(1963-),男,江苏人,研究员。主要从事生态农业与农业文化遗产保护、生态系统服务功能等领域的研究。E-mail:minqw@igsnrr.ac.cn
  • 基金资助:

    国际合作项目"稻鱼共生全球重要农业文化遗产保护与利用"与农业部国际合作基金项目资助。

Ecological connotation of some Dong Minority’s taboos

MIN Qing-wen1, ZHANG Dan1,2   

  1. 1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijng 100101, China;
    2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100101,China
  • Received:2008-03-18 Revised:2008-09-22 Online:2008-11-25 Published:2008-11-25
  • Supported by:

    国际合作项目"稻鱼共生全球重要农业文化遗产保护与利用"与农业部国际合作基金项目资助。

摘要:

传统文化和传统的生态知识在当今环境和生物多样性保护中的重要性已被越来越多的研究者和决策者所认识,通过文化多样性保护促进生物多样性保护也成为重要的研究内容。我国禁忌文化是传统文化的重要组成部分,是一个民族在不同的自然环境和社会交际中自发地、逐步形成的一种复杂的社会文化现象。随着社会的发展,许多禁忌的具体内容与形式会随之发生转化甚至消亡,但是有些禁忌却仍然在现实生活中担当着重要的角色,许多民族的禁忌习俗对生态环境的保护仍然发挥着其他法律规范、制度措施所不能比拟的积极作用。在大量文献调研和实地考察的基础上,以黔东南侗族地区为例,较为系统地研究了一些禁忌产生的原因,重点分析了稻作文化中的一些禁忌及其生态学意义,揭示了少数民族地区包括禁忌在内的传统文化对生态保护和生物多样性保护的积极作用。

关键词: 禁忌, 侗族, 黔东南, 生物多样性保护

Abstract:

The significances of traditional culture and indigenous knowledge in biodiversity conservation and naturel management have been widely recognized throughout the world and, therefore, to conserve cultural diversity has been taken as one of the effective approaches to biodiversity conservation. China is a typical nation with multiple minorities and plentiful minority cultures which are important components of so-called natural and cultural heritage. Taboo, one of the most disputed and complex socio-cultural phenomena, was formed during the long historical natural adaptation and social intercommunication. Although most taboos have been changing or even disappeared along with social and economic development, some also play an important role in modern times. More importantly, compared to laws, rules or legislations, some taboos are more easily accepted by local people in some areas. In this paper, based on the review of many kinds of literatures and field survey in Dong Minority located in Congjiang County of Guizhou Province, the background of taboo formation was analyzed, some typical taboos related to rice-planting such as god and ghost worship, ancestor worship, and water worship, fish worship, frog worship, snake worship and so on, and their significance were discussed from the ecological angle, and the positive effects of traditional cultures including taboo in ecological conservation and regional sustainable development were illustrated.

Key words: taboos, Dong nationality, southeast Guizhou, ecological conservation