摘要
悬棺葬是一种古老而特别的葬俗,起源于中国武夷山地区,流行于中国长江以南的许多省区,甚至漂洋过海达于台湾和一些太平洋岛屿。史志的一些零散记载,虽提供了某些悬棺的线索,但因其文字简略空泛,迷信成份过多,从而降低了其参考价值。我们“中国悬棺研究”课题组通过两年多的广泛考察,并在以往成果的基础上,从总体上进行研究,探索悬棺的源流和规律。中国境内流行的丧葬形式有土葬、弃尸葬、挂树葬、火葬、鸟兽葬等等,悬棺葬不同于上述葬式,当归为一种与之相并列的葬式,其标志是将棺椁置于陡峭的山崖上,其特征是:所选的山崖险峻陡峭。
This article was written depend on real research material and relational document and author divided chinese hang up coffin into five areas. The article went through analysing,comparing and research on geography environment, grave form, coffin structure and material buried with the dead. The author put forward some opinions upon our country clan removing to influence of hang up coffin family,age and its source etc.
