贵州崖葬略论

A Brief Study of Cliff Burials in Guizhou

崖葬是将死者葬在悬崖之上的一种丧葬形式,广泛分布在中国南方和东南亚地区。一般又将之分作悬棺葬和岩洞葬两类。两类崖葬在贵州均有发现,分别分布在长江水系和珠江水系内。通过对贵州两类崖葬的考察,我们认为悬棺葬和岩洞葬是渊源有自的两类葬习,应区别对待。贵州悬棺可纳入到长江流域悬棺葬系统中予以考察,而岩洞葬与广西岩洞葬一体,应源自黔桂山地。它们都是少数民族特殊的信仰和当地独特的地理环境相互作用的产物。

Cliff Burial is a funeral style through which the deaths were buried on cliff, distribuled widely southern China and Southeastern Asian, in general, and were divided into two kinds： hanging-coffin burials and cave burials, both have been discovered in Guizhou province, largely distributed on the sides of Yangtze River and Zhujiang Riv,er. By doing research on both kinds of cliff burials, we consider that Hanging-coffin burials and cave burials were from two kinds of funeral traditions, should make a difference between. Hanging - coffin Burials in Guizhou Province can be explored on the list of Cliff Burial alongside Yangtze River, and cave burials was associated with cave burials in Guangxi Province, came from mountain areas in both provinces. They were result both peculiar religions of ethnic minority groups and unique geographic environment.