Guoshan Yao--Days Gone by  

“过山瑶”的变迁(英文)

作　　者：唐定民 

出　　处：《Women of China》2006年第8期54-55,共2页中国妇女（英文月刊）

摘　　要：The Yao people living in Pulu Township, Lipu County, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are all Pan Yao, or Guoshan (literally meaning crossing mountains in Chinese) Yao, which is part of the Yao Minority. Currently, there are more than 4,300 Pan Yao people living in the township. They account for 40 percent of the township's population. Their language belongs to the Yao language of the Sino-Tibetan Miaoyao language group. In ancient times, the Yao people suffered indignities because they were members of a minority group. For example, they were forbidden from living on the plains. As a result, they had to dwell on the high mountains or deep in the valleys, which forced them to live primitive, insufficient lives. The Yao people were also exploited by local landowners, so they were constantly on the move, zipping across the mountains. Thus, they acquired the name Guoshan Yao (the Yaos who make a living by crossing mountains). Today, these people live a peaceful, happy and settled life.居住在广西蒲芦瑶族乡的瑶民都是盘瑶,又叫“过山瑶“。现有4300多人,占全乡总人口的40％。其语言同属汉藏语系苗瑶语族中的瑶语。在历史上盘瑶曾遭受排挤,不能居住平原大地,常住高山深谷,刀耕火种,又受地主山霸盘剥,只得吃山过山,因而迁徙频繁,故称“过山瑶”。如今的“过山瑶”过上了幸福的定居生活。

关 键 词：过山瑶 盘瑶 瑶民 历史上 居住 变迁 汉藏语系 苗瑶语族 刀耕火种 瑶族 

分 类 号：D633.3[政治法律—政治学]