中国古代的尸祭

Offering Body Sacrifice in Ancient China

以活人扮演先祖或死者神灵并代其接受祭祀的尸祭本属于宗教范畴,但是,古代宗教往往是与巫术混合在一起并利用巫术增强信仰。本文运用人类学巫术理论对中国古代的立尸祭祀仪式进行分析,认为中国古代的立尸祭祀包含着形象模拟巫术与接触巫术,具有巫术思维和巫术要素及手段,甚至还直接影响了其后在民间依然流传的巫术活动。

Offering body sacrifice stands for that a living person plays ancestor or soul of the dead, which belongs to the field of religious study, however, ancient people always mix up religion with magic to strengthen their faith. The paper deals with the cult of offering body sacrifice in ancient China through magic theory in anthropology, argues that the sacrifice includes image simulation magic and contagious magic.