“呼图克沁”:在神圣与世俗之间

HUTUGQIN: BETWEEN THE SACRED AND THE SECULAR

"呼图克沁"仪式产生以来,它就盛行于以乌兰召村为中心的蒙古族村民中,是一种每年正月里祈福消灾的民间仪式活动。"呼图克沁"有不同名称,但经过解读和诠释,以"呼图克沁"命名比较符合本意。从它具有的虚拟性和象征性上可以看出,它具有神圣性,是蒙古民族特有的信仰。但由于社会转型和文化变迁,它逐渐有了一定的世俗性。在当前市场经济条件下,它的世俗性越来越凸显,具体表现在它的功利性、娱乐性、商品性和随意性等方面。

Since the beginning of the ritual of ＂ Hutugqin＂, it was widespread among the Mongolian farmers with Wulanzhao Village as the center. It was a folk ritual observed every first month on the Chinese lunar calendar with the purpose of praying for blessings and disaster relief. The ritual was once given different names, but after being interpreted, it is proper to be named ＂Hutugqin＂. As it is fictitious and symbolic, it is sacred and it is belief peculiar of the Mongolian nationality. However, due to social transition and cultural changes, it gradually adopts secular characteristics. Under the present market economic condition, its secular characteristics such as utilitarian, entertaining, commercial and casual are becoming more and more remarkable.