Abstract:

Rice is an important food crop for human beings. The rice culture formed has a long history and is closely related to people's life, so it involves many folk customs. Straw as a by-product of rice is also seen in various folk cases. In this paper, I put straw folk customs into the perspective of rice culture, through folk customs related to straw, analysed the folk image of straw, peep the spread of rice culture.

Key words: rice, rice culture, straw, folk custom

摘要：

水稻是人类重要的粮食作物，以水稻为基础形成的稻作文化，历史悠久，与百姓的生活息息相关，关涉众多民间习俗。稻草作为水稻的副产物，与稻米一体两身、相伴而生，亦见于各类民俗之中。然而纵观先学，却鲜有人聚焦于稻草民俗进行研究。故本文将稻草民俗纳入稻作文化视域之下，通过整理各地与稻草相关的民俗，明确了稻草民俗的三大意象；通过比较中日韩等国的稻草民俗，佐证了稻作文化的东传路径。

关键词: 水稻, 稻作文化, 稻草, 民俗