关于“七夕”文化的几个问题

“七夕”作为中国最具民族特色、最有代表性的传统节日之一,其中蕴含了上古文化演变的许多奥秘。首先,过去对于形成神秘数字“七”崇拜的原因揭示不够,通过对七曜、二十八宿、北斗七星等天文崇拜形成的历史原因的分析,可使神秘数字“七”崇拜成因的民族文化心理基础得以多角度、深层次的揭示。其次,牛郎织女故事的发源有着坚实的中华文化基础,从文化发生的角度探讨该故事的起源地,对于认识“七夕”文化的民族特性不无意义。再次,过去对于“七夕”乞巧与女性生产劳动之间的关系有足够认识,而对其中隐含的生殖文化内涵少有研究。从两种生产的角度深入考察,对于揭示“七夕”文化的本质特征具有积极的意义。

A Cultural Perspective on "Qi Xi" Festival

As one of the most representative traditional Chinese festivals,“Qi Xi” (the seventh evening of the seventh lunar month),the day when cowherd and weaver maid are supposed to meet in heaven,abound in profound mysteries of culture evolution in ancient times.Firstly,this paper,through thorough analysis of other researches in mystical number “seven" as a lucky number for Chinese,points out that it's not yet fully unconvincing that the causes of worshiping the number “seven" are attributed to the changes of the moon in the past.The author focused on the psychological base of Chinese national culture in the paper by probing the historical roots of worshipping Qi Yao (luminary,a collective term for the sun,the moon and five major stars in traditional Chinese astronomy,used in the past to form names of the days of the week),28 Constellations and the Big Dipper.Secondly,the story origin about the cowherd and weaver maid has a deeply-rooted culture.What the author trace it's origin from the culture source means much to understanding the national characteristics of “Qi Xi” culture.Finally,people have had adequate understanding of the relations between the praying for-cleverness ceremony and perfecting women's needlework skill,but the researches on the hidden reproduction culture are very few.The author detects the positive meaning to of reproduction culture on the revelation of “Qi Xi” culture features through studying the reproductive culture and agricultural culture.