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THE DANGEROUS BRIDE: CASE STUDY OF A HAKKA COMMUNITY
危险的新娘－一个客家社区的个案研究
摘要
In the Chinese family, daughters are regarded as temporary members. She acquires a permanent status upon marriage which offers her the transition or rites de passage from one social category to another. This study is based on my research of a Hakka community in a resettlement village in Sarawak. The intention is to link the marriage rituals to the theory of the rites of passage and that of the "dangerous bride". In the liminal phase or a state of "no belonging" as the bride is transferred in between fixed points of classifications of a daughter and a daughter-in-law, she is looked upon as a "floating spirit". The arriving daughter-in-law is therefore wrapped in a form of energy called sa qi (煞气), a superstitious belief that associates her with the possession of a potent negative force. This hidden force is believed to be capable of inflicting misfortune to the family or committing offence to the gods. The marriage rituals would thus include the performance of respect to the gods and ancestors. It is when these rituals are properly performed that the liminal stage of the life of the bride comes to an end and she gains acceptance into her husband's family.
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無資料並列摘要
在华人家庭中，女儿被视为是一个暂时的成员。只有借着婚姻，让她透过转变或“过渡仪式”（rites de passage），以便从一个社会类别转至到另一个类别，才能获得一个永久的身分。这项研究所依据的是我在砂拉越一个客家社群村落中所作的调查。目的是将结婚仪式与过渡仪式及“危险的新娘”的理论加以联串。在处于阈限阶段（liminal phase）或“无依归”的状况中，正当新娘要从女儿与媳妇的身分定点之间转换时，她被视着是一个“浮动的灵魂”。来归的媳妇因而被笼罩在一种迷信的想法中，认为她身上带有一种强大的负面力量或被称为“煞气”的能量。这种隐藏着的力量被确信会给家庭带来不幸或冒渎神明。结婚的仪式因此也要包括向祖先及神明行使敬拜。只有这些仪式被小心翼翼的遵行，新娘生命中的阀限阶段才会告一段落，并且她也因此才会被丈夫的家庭所接纳。