苗族史诗《亚鲁王》洪水神话的水文化表达

苗族史诗《亚鲁王》记载的洪水神话是迄今发现较为完整的苗族洪水神话版本,在水文化表达上突显了苗族西部方言区的文化特色。《亚鲁王》的洪水神话通过祖先谱系、音乐起源和英雄时代等文化方式表达了民族文化认同、民族文化特色和地域民间信仰。洪水再生神话是对数百代祖先造人努力的一个总结,洪水神话起因中带有音乐起源和女性悲剧,洪水神话之后人类找到新的家园,标志着从神的时代走向英雄时代,从而开启了亚鲁王信仰的英雄时代。史诗的洪水神话表达反映了中华多元民族文化的凝聚力,推动中华文化自信和中华民族文化共同体建设。

Water Culture Expression of Flood Myth in Hmong Epic "King of YaLu"

The flood myth of the Hmong epic"king of Yalu"has rich cultural connotations so far,especially in the expression of water culture,which highlights the cultural characteristics of the Hmong people in the west linguistic branch.The flood myth of king Yalu expresses ethnic and cultural identity,ethnic cultural characteristics and regional folk beliefs through cultural means such as ancestor pedigree,music origin and heroic age.The flood rebirth myth is a summary of the efforts made by hundreds of generations of ancestors to create human beings.The origin of the flood myth includes the origin of music and female tragedy.After the flood culture,human beings found a new home,which marked the change from the age of god to the age of heroes,and opened the age of heroes in the belief of king Yalu.The flood mythological expression of the epic reflects the coagulative power of Chinese multi-national culture,which can promote the establishment of Chinese cultural self-confidence and the construction of Chinese national cultural community.