中国现代民俗学者的月经禁忌研究

在20世纪早期,江绍原是最先引进国外人类学方法系统研究月经礼俗与迷信的拓荒者,他对中国人“天癸观”的研究特别引人注目.正是在中国现代民俗学运动的影响下,一大批宗教学家、历史学家、文学家和医学家先后讨论过与妇女月经禁忌有关的话题.这些研究旨在说明,月经现象虽然常见,但由于人们缺乏这方面的科学知识,因此在月经的性质、功用和意义方面产生了诸多迷信的说法.

An Analysis of the Research on Taboos about Menstrual Cycle in Modern Folklore Studies in China

In the early days of the twentieth century,Jiang Shaoyuan,who has been influenced by anthropological research trends in Europe and the U.S.A,paid great attention to the study of religious customs and menstruation folklore.Just under the influence of the campaign of modern Chinese folklore,many religious scholars,historians,writers and medical scientists had joined the discussions about social taboos on women’s menstruation.They found that although menstruation is a usual phenomenon,there are many superstitious ideas about its’ nature,function and meanings because of people’s poor scientific knowledge in this field.