“传统”这一术语一直是民俗学研究领域中众多关键词之一。文章对民俗学界是否剖析过“传统”及传统是否作为一个用以帮助民俗学家感知、探索和解释世界的分析性范畴进行了九个方面的探讨,分别是:作为过程和产物的传统、传统与创造性、传统:客位和主位分析、传统与现代性、民俗与传统、作为当代主题的传统、传统的驱动力、传统研究的趋向以及传统的困境。分析指出:只有当民俗学家厘清传统的运行机制时,民俗学才能成为一门“传统科学”。 The term “tradition” has always been one of the many keywords in the field of folklore. The article probes into nine areas of folklore whether the “traditions” and traditions are used as an analytical category to help the folklorists perceive, explore and interpret the world: the tradition as a process and a product , Tradition and Creativity, Traditions: Analysis of Passes and Themes, Tradition and Modernity, Traditions and Traditions, Tradition as a Contemporary Theme, Driving Force of Traditions, Traditions of Traditional Studies and Traditions of Dilemma. Analysis points out: Only when folklorists clarify the traditional operating mechanism, folklore can become a “traditional science ”.