中文摘要：

身体的社会性以及身体与仪式的关系是西方身体人类学研究的重心之一。试以广西龙胜各族自治县红瑶的生育神花婆信仰为例,运用身体象征研究流派的理论方法考察＂还花愿＂仪式的内涵。通过分析仪式中具体的身体表现,揭示仪式及花崇拜蕴含的身体象征与延续意义,从而思考人的自然性身体获得精神价值与文化属性的过程。

英文摘要：

The sociality of the body and the relationship between body and rites are the main research interests of western anthropologists studying the body.The paper,taking the Red Yao＇s belief in Huapo,a goddess controlling birth,in Longsheng County of Guangxi as an example,studies the connotation of the Huan-hua-yuan Rite （a ceremony held to redeem a vow to the goddess of birth） with the theory and method of body symbol study. The author,by analyzing the specific physical behavior in the rite,reveals the symbol of the body and the significance of continuation represented in the rite and people＇s worship of flowers,and further discusses the process of how natural human bodies achieve spiritual value and cultural attributes.