新时代乡村婚礼的地方认同与传统重构研究——以粤西Z乡自由恋爱婚礼中的“媒人制”为例

摘要

乡村婚礼是农村地区风俗与传统的延伸和体现，具有浓郁的地方特色；而随着现代社会的发展，乡村的婚礼传统受到了一定冲击并发生了变化；但在粤西z乡，婚礼虽也有一定变化，但仍然能够保持地方传统。以存在于当地自由恋爱婚礼中的“媒人制”为例，用数据分析、个案研究和参与式体验等方法，对z乡这种婚礼仪式进行分析，总结出乡村婚礼仪式归化于舆论及传统之下，具有强烈的地方认同和传统重构意味；同时，它本身具有的地方性会使它继续适应这个千变万化的社会并传承下去。%Rural wedding, with a strong local color, is a kind of expression of rural convention. With the development of modem society, the tradition of rural wedding are changing at the same time, but in Z Village of Western Guangdong Province, its wedding is still maintaining local tradition. Focusing on matchmaker system in Z Village＇s freedom- love- wedding, according to figure analysis, case study and participant observation, it has been analyzed and concluded that rural weddinghas heavy place identity and traditional reconstruction under public opinion and convention. Meanwhile, its local features could adjust to changeable time and inherit continually.