摘要
贵州彝族是贵州18个世居民族之一,其在贵州诸民族中,具有独具的丧葬文化,在丧祭仪式诸环节中,折射出彝族群众对待生存和死亡的基本观念和态度:万物有灵、灵魂永恒、灵魂独立、灵魂向善、灵魂同源、灵魂主宰、祖先崇拜。这种观念和态度源于彝族先民在生存和发展过程中产生的"文化迫力"和"民族偏见",是人对于自身存在状态的文化解释,具有一定的社会功能。
Yi people is one of the 18 native peoples in Guizhou province. Compared with the various ethnic groups in Guizhou,Yi people has a unique culture of the funeral. The burial ceremonies, in all aspects, reflect Yi people＇ s basic concepts and attitudes of living and death ： the animism, the eternal soul, the independent soul, the good soul, the same source soul, the key to the soul, and ancestor worship. These concepts and attitudes derive from the ＂cultural pressure＂ and ＂ethnic bias＂ of their ancestors in the survival and development process. It is the state of their own cuhure to explain the existence,and it has a certain social function.
关键词
彝族
丧葬文化
生死观
社会功能
Yi People
Burial Culture
Concept of Living and Death
Social Function
