双语天地BilingualWorld 二月二龙抬头 春回大地“闹”蚂拐
元宵节一过，春节也算是全部结束了。不过，一个别具特色的传统节日——蚂拐节将在农历二月初二这天进入高潮。
“月月有节庆，处处皆特色。”说的就是广西节日民俗极富民族特色。蚂拐节、跳坡节、花炮节、祝著节、晒衣节、火把节、京哈节、盘王节……记者也很难数得清，咱们广西到底有多少个节日。
壮族的传统节日很多，蚂拐节是其中之一。“蚂拐”是壮族人对青蛙的一种称呼，古时壮族的先人们认为青蛙是掌管风雨的，想通过祭祀它来祈求年年风调雨顺。“Therearemany traditional festivals ofthe Zhuang nationality. Maguai Festival(theFrog Festival) is one of them. Maguai meansfrog in the Zhuang language. In ancienttimes, the ancestors believed that the frog wasthe god in charge of wind and rain. They
wanted to pray for favourable weather for thecropseveryyearbyofferingsacrifices.”。而不同的地方又逐渐衍生出不同的叫法，称“蛙婆节”“青蛙节”“葬蛙节”“敬蛙节”等。
关于蚂拐节有很多传说，其中一个故事说：远古时代，红水河一带遭遇大旱，人们祈雨无效。有只小蚂拐(青蛙)变成一个英俊的小后生，并由村寨中的韦姓人家收作养子，取名“龙王宝”，从此红水河畔变得风调雨顺，年年丰收。“Therearemanyversionsoflegends about the Frog Festival. One versiontells that in ancient times, people prayed forrain when there was a severe drought alongthe Hongshui River. At that time, a littlefrog turned into a young man and was adopt-ed by a family surnamed Wei in the village.He was named Long Wang Bao. Since then,the area of the Hongshui River had goodweatherandgoodharvesteveryyear.”。几年后，外族入侵，生灵涂炭。龙王宝应征出战，带人潜入红水河凿穿敌军船底，敌方官兵沉入河中战败。立下大功的龙王宝被封为驸马，却在与公主成婚前，因褪下的“蚂拐皮”被烧毁而随之死去。人们为纪念龙王宝对壮乡的功德，因此定下“蚂拐节”。“Afewyears later, foreigners invaded and many peo-ple lost their lives. Long Wang Bao went outto fight. He led people to dive into theHongshui River and cut through the bottomof the enemy ship. The enemies sank intothe river and were defeated. The young manwho made great achievements became theemperor's son-in-law, but before marryingthe princess, he died because his frog skinwas burned. In order to commemorate hisgood deeds and merits, people held the Frog
Festival.”。
蚂拐节从正月初一开始算起，从“找蚂拐”“祭蚂拐”“唱蚂拐”再到“跳蚂拐”“葬蚂拐”，于农历二月初二结束。过蚂拐节不仅是壮族人对稻作丰稔的期盼，更是民族传统农耕文化的集中表现。“TheFrogFestivalstarts from the first day of the first lunar
month and ends on the second day of
the
second lunar month.
Holding the Frog Festi-
val is not only
the good harvest
expectation
of
the
Zhuang people,
but also the strongconcentration of the national traditional
farming culture.”。
古有谚语“二月二龙抬头，大家小户使耕牛”。这“二月二”又称为龙头节、春耕节、农事节、春龙节，是中国民间传统节日，以各种与龙相关的民俗活动来祈求平安和丰收成了全国各地的一种习俗。周武王时期，每年二月初二还举行盛大的仪式，号召文武百官亲自下田耕种。明清时期把这天称为“龙抬头”的日子，是因为农历二月初二正值“惊蛰”节气前后，春回大地，人们期望“龙”出现镇住一切有害毒虫，以使得作物丰收。这就有了“二月二，龙抬头”的说法。
本报记者叶祯/文黄倩华/翻译
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