|
发表于 2009-5-11 10:54:43
|
显示全部楼层
引用第38楼酒醒问六朝于2009-05-11 10:13发表的 :
这是根据chaque兄提供的链接剪下来的一个局部,供大家参考。 Still more clearly does the ox appear as a personification of fhe
corn-spirit in a ceremony which is observed in all the provinces and
districts of China to welcome the approach of spring. On the first
day of spring, usually on the third or fourth of February, which is also
the beginning of the Chinese New Year, the governor or prefect of the
city goes in procession to the east gate of the city, and sacrifices to the
Divine Husbandman, who is represented with a bull's head on the
body of a man. A large efiigy of an ox, cow, or buffalo has been
prepared for the occasion, and stands outside of the east gate, with
agricultural implements beside it. The figure is made of differently-
coloured pieces of paper pasted on a framework either by a blind man
or according to the directions of a necromancer. The colours of the
paper prognosticate the character of the coming year; if red prevails,
there will be many fires; if white, there will be floods and rain; and
so with the other colours. The mandarins walk slowly round the ox,
beating it severely at each step with rods of various hues. It is filled
with five kinds of grain, which pour forth when the effigy is broken
by the blows of the rods. The paper fragments are then set on fire,
and a scramble takes place for the burning fragments, because the
people believe that whoever gets one of them is sure to be fortunate
throughout the year. A live buffalo is next killed, and its flesh is
divided among the mandarins. According to one account, the effigy
of the ox is made of clay, and, after being beaten by the governor, is
stoned by the people till they break it in pieces, " from which they
expect an abundant year." Here the corn-spirit appears to be plainly
represented by the corn-filled ox, whose fragments may therefore be
supposed to bring fertility with them.
这个在CHAPTER XLIX,ANCIENT DEITIES OF VEGETATION AS ANIMALS:
第一,与“The Soul as a Shadow and a Reflection” 无关,弗爵爷原文说 " from which they
expect an abundant year." 貌似也没有说错。 |
|