论丽江纳西族丧葬方式的变迁

On the Changes of Naxi Funeral Styles in Lijiang

不同的民族有不同的丧葬方式。一个民族的丧葬方式,往往直接受到其生存环境、生命观念、社会经济和政治制度等诸因素的影响。丽江纳西族的丧葬方式经历了原始社会蒙昧时代的"弃尸"、偏居高原寒地与古羌族一脉相承的火葬、受儒家入土为安观念影响为统治者强力推行的土葬、以及现代社会文明倡导的火化土葬四种方式的变迁,这个变迁过程是丽江纳西族社会历史进程的一个缩影。

Different ethnic groups have different funerals. The funeral style of an ethnic group is inevitably influenced by such factors as living environment, attitude towards life, socio-economy and political system. The funeral style of the Naxi people in Lijiang experienced changes from “deserting the dead body” in the primitive times, cremation inherited from the ancient Qiang people when living in mountains, and inhumation influenced by Confucianism and forced by the local government of the Qing Dynasty, to the current co-existence of inhumation and modern cremation advocated by modern civilization. The process of such changes reflects the social-historical development of the Naxi people in Lijiang.