“黄花”指处女的理据再探

中图分类号：H116 文献标识码：A 文章编号：2096-4110（2025）12（c）-0014-05

Revisiting Why "Huanghua" Refers to Virgin

SUN Zefang

（School of Humanities and Journalism，Heze University，Heze Shandong，274O15，China）

Abstract：Onthebasisofpreviousresearch，thisarticlefurtherexplorestherationalebehind"huanghua"referingtovirgins. Thehuanghua（dafodil），alsoknownas"goldenneedle"，honeticallyresemblestheod"steadfast"，symbolzingawomansviginity whichisthepriaryreasonforisasociationwith"virgn".Thter"goldenneele"islinkedtoneedleworkandthecelebrationof Qiqiao（theQixiFestival），andsincedffodilsaretypicallpickdbywomen，thisservesasasecondaryreasonfortheter"virgin". Building onitsiginconotation，thedafodilasacquiredaditioalaliasessuchas"male-blessinggrass，"forgtot"，nd "daughter'sfower"，ndhasbcomethe"mothersflower"inancientulure.hename"male-blesinggrass"reflectstradiialbeliefsthatmaryingavirginwasbeneficialtoaman’sfamilyandcarer.Thename"forget-me-not"stemsfromawife'sreminderto remainsteadfastandrestrainherspringtimedesiresafermariage.Thename"daughtersflower"alsoreferstovirginity.Theusageof daffodilto denote virginitylikelyoriginated in southern dialectregionsbefore spreading to northern Mandarinareas.

Key Words： Huanghua; Huanghua maiden; Virgin; Daffodil; Golden needle; Nepenthes

近现代汉语中“黄花、黄花女（儿）、黄花（大）闺女、黄花姑娘、黄花幼女"等俗语词均指处女。（剩余7969字）