文化背景与基本体例在浙江西部的建德、桐庐、淳安等地,旧时流行在水桶上号字的习俗,汇积了很多经典语词,在号字十分盛行的江南地区显得别具一格。浙西农村水桶号字究竟始自何时,已难以考证。相传,水桶号字最初的用意是做记号,以利辨别及防盗。同一村的水桶,往往出自同几个制作师傅之手,体型类似,放在一起用于加工番薯粉等特产时,特别容易被人调换。 Cultural Background and Basic Practices Jiande, Tonglu, Chun’an and other places in the west of Zhejiang Province, the old fashioned numbers on the water bucket, accumulate a lot of classic words, appearing to be unique in the southern part of the country where numbers are very popular. The number of rural western buckets began when the bucket has been difficult to verify. According to legend, the original intention of bucket number is marked, for the benefit of identification and anti-theft. The buckets of the same village often come from the hands of several master craftsmen who are similar in size and are particularly easy to be exchanged when they are put together to process sweet potatoes and other specialties.