应大力抢救和发掘中国少数民族原始宗教经籍

Salving and Exhumating Sutra of Primary Religion of Ethnic Groups in China

原始宗教经籍是原始宗教得以传播和发展的基础,发挥着不可替代的作用,对于民族社会各个方面有着广泛而深远的影响。中国少数民族原始宗教经籍浩如烟海,内容丰富,涵盖了远古社会的历史脉络、信仰习俗、伦理道德、生产生活方式、文化艺术及价值观念等。这些经籍大多保留在祭司的记忆里,传承在祭司间,随着社会的进步和发展、祭司的年老体弱和相继过世,这些经籍正在消失。因此抢救这些濒危的人类非物质文化遗产已成为当务之急。

The sutra of primary religion is the foundation of the spread and development of primary religion with its irreplaceable holy function.It has abroad and profound influence to all walks of life of the ethnic society.The sutra of primary religion of ethnic groups in China is of tremendous amount with abundant content and it covers the historical venation,the custom of belief,ethic morality,the way of production and life,the culture and art as well as the value of remote antiquity and is the social encyclopedia that every people should read.The sutra was mainly preserved in the memory of those who carry out the fete and spread among them.With the development of the society,those who carry out the fete became old and passed away one after another.The sutra is being died away.Hence there is no time to dely to save these endangered non-substantial inheritances.