本研究主要目的在探討臺灣漢民族傳統節日休閒活動的概況、類型、涵義、社會功能、內容特性及心理因素等。研究方法係採用「文獻分析法」。 根據上述研究目的,本文主要研究結果如下: 1. 傳統節日休閒活動的概況可分為:新年、宗教性及農業性等三大類節日,其三大類節日主要包含九個傳統節日及其附屬的五十八項休閒活動。 2. 傳統節日休閒活動的類型為:愉悅性、挑戰性及規範性三類。 3. 傳統節日休閒活動的涵義主要可由:個人、社會、宗教及文化藝術等四個面向觀之;其社會功能則有:凝聚親族情感與人際關係、情感宣泄與調節身心、整合族群與形成社會集體意識、發揚民族精神與穩定社會文化等四項功能。 4. 傳統節日休閒活動的特性主要有:時序性、挑戰性、紀念性、宗教性、集體性、祈願性、規範性及多元性等八點;其心理分析則有:敬神祀祖心理、畏鬼避邪心態、祈求風調雨順與財源廣進、重視親情和強調群體合作、追求個人生命及幸福情感等五項。
The purpose of the study is to investigate the general situations, types, significance, social functions, traits and psychological factors, leisure activities of traditional festivals of Han people in Taiwan. The thesis is completed mainly by analysis of documents. According to the purpose of the thesis mentioned above, the conclusions of this study could be summarized as: 1. The profiles of leisure activities of traditional festivals are New-year, religion, and agriculture and be subdivided as 9 traditional festivals and 58 items of leisure activities. 2. The types of leisure activities of traditional festivals could be concluded as pleasantness, challenge and normality. 3. The significance of leisure activities of traditional festivals can be explained from perspective, social, religious, and artistic aspects, and the social functions of that include: the unionization of families and interaction between people, outlet for feelings and balance of physical and mentality, conformity of the groups and formation of the social consciousness, finally exaltation of ethical spirit and stabilization of social culture. 4. The traits of leisure activities of traditional festivals could be counted as: sequence of seasons, challenge, commemoration, religiousness, gregariousness, pray and expectation, normality, diversity. Next, the psychological analysis for festivals covers aspects such as god and ancestor worship, escape from ghost and evil, pray for clement weather and abundant harvest, emphasis on family affection and cooperation of community, and at last pursuit for personal happiness.