新疆民间宗教的活化石——奇台观音阁顺星朝斗法会解析

On the live fossils of Xinjiang’s Folk Religion——顺星朝斗法会at Avalokitesvara Pavilion in Qitai

新疆奇台县观音阁每年举行两次顺星朝斗法会。文章细述法会过程,并结合鹤鸣山道观举办的朝真礼斗法会以及道教禳星拜斗的科仪作对比研究。通过分析法会所使用的经本《诸神大赞藏经》和《佛留北斗真经》,认为观音阁的顺星朝斗法会是佛道二教与民俗融为一体的典型的民间宗教的产物。对观音阁的研究将有助于完善新疆民间宗教的研究以及新疆汉族的宗教信仰研究。

At Avalokitesvara Pavilion in Qitai, Xinjiang 顺星朝斗法会are held twice a year, the process of which includes 装供、供“盘馍馍”、请香蜡和布施、行站坛礼、供斋和燎病、装斗和叠大板钱, and 顺星朝斗法会is held in the end. 顺星朝斗法会 in Qitai, mainly different from the one held at Hemingshan Taoist Temple in Sichuan, proceeds in two phases. 顺星朝斗法会 in Qitai is a typical folk religion that combines Buddhism, Taoism and folk customs.