武陵古镇民俗的演变及其特点

武陵地区有许多古镇于清末民初形成了完整的民俗体系。新中国成立50多年来,武陵古镇民俗发生了重大变化。21世纪前后,随着古镇旅游的开发,出现了民俗复活、重构、复制、创新、变异等情况。传统民俗市场化以后已经脱离原来生存的土壤,发生了变异,这些变异的民俗具有表演性、商品性、展示性、服务性和娱乐性特征。因此,只有将传统的良俗与现实生活中的良俗相融合,并为当地人所接受,成为他们的生活方式,其民俗才最具生命力。

Evolvement of the Folk-customs in Wuling Old Town and the Characteristics

A complete folk-custom system was formed in many towns in Wuling area from the late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China.Great changes have taken place in terms of folk-customs in Wuling old towns in the past 50 years since the foundation of the People's Republic of China.Owing to the development of tourism in the old towns,there have appeared some phenomena such as folk-custom revival,folk-custom reconstruction,folk-custom copy,folk-custom innovation and folk-custom variance.With the adoption of market principle,the traditional folk-customs have been divorced from the original soil and great variances have occurred.These variant folk-customs have taken on the characteristics of performance,commodity,exhibition,service and entertainment. We should combine the traditional good folk-customs and the reality good customs.We should make the integrated folk-custom accepted by the local people and become their life style.It is this kind of folk-custom that has long-term vitality.