在湘西,人们把神情落入恍惚,无法与外界进行有效沟通的年轻女子(一般年龄在十六岁到二十四五岁之间)叫做落洞女。落洞女,从字面上理解,即为掉入洞中的女子,只不过她们掉的不是肉体,而魂魄。通常,这些女子“落洞”之前都年轻美丽,举止淑婉,性情温和。“凡是落洞的女子,必眼睛光亮,性情纯和,聪明而美丽。必未婚,必爱好,善修饰,平时贞静自处,情感热烈不外漏,转多幻想。”(沈从文《凤凰》)然而有一天,这些姑娘像往常一样出门,恰好路过 In western Hunan, young women (usually aged between 16 and 24) who fall into trance and can not communicate effectively with the outside world are called hole-daughters. The woman who falls into the hole, literally, is the woman who falls into the hole, except that they do not lose their flesh and soul. Often, these women are young, beautiful, gentle, gentle, and gentle before falling. “All women who fall into the hole shall have bright eyes, pure innocence, bright and beautiful. They shall be unmarried, and shall love and be good, and shall be virtuous, Phoenix ”) However, one day, these girls go out as usual, just passing by