唐代地方官妓论析

唐代官妓是隶属于州县官府乐籍、为官府宴会服务的女性群体。作为一种身份符号,女性一旦成为官妓,便终身无法摆脱,除非得到地方最高长官的许可除籍。她们一般来源于乐人家庭,以及因生活所迫的良家女。官妓群体的出现表面上是因为唐代宴饮时盛行以伎乐歌舞助兴,从而促使官府必须控制一批具有各种才艺的女妓随时备用,实质上反映的是地方对中央礼乐文化形式的一种模仿和复制。官妓群体的出现也从一个侧面反映唐以后女性依附性的增强,妓逐渐演变成为一种社会职业。

On the local official prostitutes in the Tang Dynasty

Official prostitutes is a groups of femal that serivics for official banquet and is belong to the local official Yueji.(Which register musicinans,dancers,and acrobatics etc.) As a status symbol,female once become prostitutes that can not be removed,unless permission by the highest chief.They are from musical families and those female for the life.Apparently,the emergence of official prostitutes because of prevalence of song and dance performance at the banquet to promote the official must control a group of prostitues,in essence,that reflect the local culture copying the form of the central ritual.And that is a reflection of female dependent on male in Tang Dynasty.Prostitutes gradually evolved into a profession.