“自由飞鸟的生活”——20世纪初拉萨乞丐群体的生存方式研究

Life of the Flying Birds--Study on the Beggars in Lhasa during the First Half of the 20th Century

乞丐在20世纪初的西藏社会中是一个特殊的群体。西藏社会的宗教信仰催生了乞丐阶层,西藏社会的等级制度保证了乞丐的生存,而西藏社会的生产方式和经济发展水平又维持了乞丐群体的生存方式。

This article studies the beggars, a very special social class in the capital city of Tibet during the first half of the 20th century. It analyzes the origin of the beggars, their living condition and social position, and then concludes that the religious belief of the common people, the economical level and the social system of old Tibet creates their existence.