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生育,是人生的开端,又是人类繁衍和延续的唯一路径。因此,自古以来,生育对人类既神圣又神秘,从而演化和派生出了种种习俗。中国各民族的生育习俗古老而又纷然杂陈,在远古的神话中有传说、在历史的文献中有记载、在各民族的民间中有传承。本文试从民族学的角度切入,从丰富多采的中国生育习俗中,以窥人类理性思维、社会发展和民族心理文化素质的一个剖面。
Childbirth is the beginning of life and the only way for human reproduction and continuity. Therefore, since ancient times, reproduction has been both sacred and mysterious to human beings, thus evolving and deriving various customs. The fertility traditions of all ethnic groups in China are ancient and congenial. They are legendary in ancient mythology, recorded in historical documents, and inherited among all ethnic groups. This article tries from the perspective of ethnology, from the rich and varied Chinese birth customs, to glimpse the rational thinking of human beings, social development and national psychological cultural quality of a profile.