族群關係與文化分立

ETHNIC RELATION AND CULTURAL DIFFERENTIATION

本文主要由台灣中部地區居民所傳述的漳泉文化的差異，來論述歷史上在台灣之漳州人與泉州人之間長期之緊張與對立的族群關係，製造出這兩個歷史與文化上同源而僅方言上稍有差異的族群之間的文化分立現象。漳泉之間的文化差異現今所能聽聞到的都集中在與宗教儀式有關的事務上。本文也提供了一些有關漳泉關係的田野採訪資料，包括漳泉分界的說法，漳泉相拼的歷史回顧，及有關的傳說故事。主題的論述則在討論文化與歷史之間的辯證關係，筆者認為歷史可以解釋文化，而文化其實是在為歷史存真。

In central Taiwan, many residents talk about the cultural differences between Chang-chou people and Chuan-chou people. In this article, the longterm confrontation and tension in the past is proposed to explain such oral expressions of cultural differentiation between these two groups of same historical and cultural originality, differentiated only in their dialects. All the cultural differences between these two groups are interestingly confined to those persons, things, and events associated with religious rituals of folk belief. Field data concerning with the cutting line of their residence, the local recollection of the fights happened in the past, as well as the folk legends and stories related to the fights are also provided. It then comes to the thematic discussion that there exists a dialectical relation between culture and history. The history can explain culture in the same while the culture serves to preserve the historical ethnic relation.