云南少数民族茶祭祀研究

The Study of Using Tea to Worship in Yunnan Ethnic Groups

云南少数民族常常以茶作为祭天祀祖的物品。作为祭品的茶,往往寄托祭祀者的深深的祝愿。文章从宗教学的角度阐述了中国茶文化和宗教仪式——祭祀之间的关系,介绍我国民间传统茶祭祀的由来以及云南少数民族茶祭祀的渊源、形式和特点,通过探讨茶祭祀这种我国独有宗教礼仪活动的理论意义、实践效应和学术价值,进而把已经和正在消失的茶叶祭祀内容挖掘出来,为的是从她曾走过的历史道路中发掘存在其中尚未实现的思想文化潜力。

In Yunnan province of China, tea is usually offered to heavens and ancestors by ethnic groups. As an oblition, it reposes these minorities＇ best wishes. The essay will first analyze the relationship between Cinese Tea Culture and one religious ceremony--offering sacrifices to gods in Yunnan; then introduce the origin of our country＇s traditional way of offering tea to gods or ancestors and illustrate its source, forms and characters in Yunnan. After that, it will try to explore theoretical meanings, practical effects and academic importance of this unique way; at last it will search this disappeared and evaporating offering way in order to unearth its unrealized potentiality of ideology culture.