南宋古都民俗的开发与杭州休闲之都的打造

南宋建都杭州近150年,大量中原人口南迁,各地民俗融入当地传统,形成了极其丰富多彩且有水乡特色的民俗文化。这是杭州建设现代休闲之都、开发休闲旅游的可贵资源。孩儿巷留有许多南宋节日风俗遗存,还因经销七月七日乞巧节(今称“中国情人节”)的礼品泥孩儿而得名。其东端为“北瓦”,拥有13座勾栏(剧场),是南宋京城最大的群众娱乐场,也是中国戏剧小说的摇篮。如名著《水浒传》就是源出当时“街谈巷语”的《宋江故事》。孩儿巷应该开发成为以故都民俗为特色的城区休闲街,使人在欣赏了西湖美景之后,又在近旁领略到南宋故都文化风物,杭州将全面展示出文化风景名城的旅游魅力。

Develop Folk Customs in the Ancient Capital of Southern Song Dynasty and Build Hangzhou into the Leisure Capital

Southern Song dynasty made its capital in Hangzhou and lasted about 150 years during which period of time a great number of people from the Central Plains moved southwards.Folk customs of various places melted into the local tradition and formed rich and colourful customary culture with the characteristics of the region of rivers and lakes.This is precious resource in building Hangzhou into a modern leisure capital and developing leisure tourism.There are lots of festival and customary remains of Southern Song dynasty in Hai'er Lane(Clay Kids Lane),which was so named because of the sale of Clay Kids, a gift sold in the Praying-for-cleverness Festival observed on the seventh of the seventh lunar month.At the east end of the Lane is "Beiwa" which was not only the grandest public place of amusement in the capital of Southern Song dynasty having 13 theatres,but also the cradle of the Chinese operas and novels,among which the famous Outlaws in the Marsh originated from the Story of Song Jiang,the talk of the town at that time.Hai'er Lane ought to become an urban leisure street with the characteristics of folk customs of the ancient capital so as to enable tourists to enjoy the cultural scenery of the ancient capital of Southern Song dynasty after touring around the West Lake.By so doing Hangzhou will demonstrate its tourist charm as a famous cultural and landscape(city) in an all round way.