清末民初英国传教士与温州民俗的碰撞和适应

清末民初来温州传教的英国传教士主要有循道会的苏慧廉、苏路熙夫妇和孙光德，以及内地会的曹明道等。在饮食、服饰和婚嫁习俗这三个方面，英国传教士与温州民俗都产生了某种程度的碰撞和冲突，同时，这些传教士在不放弃基督教文化以及对基督教文化充满优越感的前提下，努力调适自己的心态以适应温州民俗。这些传教士对温州民俗的妥协和适应主要是出于其生存需要和传播福音的功利性动机，而非对温州本土民俗乃至中国传统文化心悦诚服的接受。

The Conflicts and Adaption between the Missionaries and Wenzhou Folklore from Late Qing Dynasty to the Early Republic of China

From late Qing Dynasty to the early Republic of China, the English missionaries who wrote books on Wenzhou were William Edward Soothill, Lucy Soothill, Irving Scott and so on from the Methodist Mission Society and Grace Stott from the China Inland Mission. During their stay in Wenzhou, they had many conflicts with the local folklore in three aspects of food, dressing and marriage customs. In the premise of never giving up but feeling the superiority of the Christian cultures, the missionaries tried to adjust their attitude to the local folklore. However, their compromise and adjustment attributed to the survival needs and the evangelistic purpose which seemed utilitarian, but not to the wholehearted acceptance of the local folklore and the Chinese traditional culture.