巴蔓子是鄂渝界邻地区民间传说中的古代巴子国英雄。地方官员、民众和文化精英通过史实考证、口头叙事和文人颂扬等方式,将巴蔓子将军塑造成为具有完美人格的传说英雄,并升华为忠信爱国的民族精神化身。巴蔓子“忠信爱国主义文化内核”的多重叙事,是基于民间信仰、地方社会和国家关系维系机制的客观呈现,反映出地方和少数民族精神文化与中华民族文化在价值和结构上的一致性。
The Hero Image Construction and Cultural Identity of Bamanzi
Liu Anquan (Yangtze Normal University)
Duan chao (South-central University for Nationalities)
Abstract Bamanzi(巴蔓子) is an ancient hero of Bazi kingdom in the folklore of Hubei and Chongqing regions. Local officials, people and cultural elites, by means of historical textual research, oral narration and literary praise, molded general Barmanzi into a legendary hero with perfect personality and sublimated him into a loyal and patriotic embodiment of national spirit.The multiple narration of “core of loyalty and patriotism culture” by Bamanzi is an objective presentation of the maintenance mechanism of folk belief, local society and state relations, which reflects the consistency of values and structures of local and minority spiritual culture and Chinese national culture.
Key words Bamanzi; Hero Image Construction; Cultural Identity; Loyalty and Patriotism
■作者简介 刘安全,法学博士,长江师范学院武陵山区特色资源开发与利用研究中心副教授;重庆 408100; 段 超,历史学博士,中南民族大学教授、博士生导师,中南民族大学副校长;湖北 武汉 430074。