试论藏族与傣族丧葬习俗之异同

A Comparative Study on the Funeral Customs between Tibetans and Dai Nationality

丧葬礼仪是人生的最后一项礼仪,是各民族文化的重要组成部分。藏族与傣族在丧葬习俗方面有较大的比较价值,就相同点而言,有临终仪式的相同;丧葬形式上也具有很大的相似性。就不同点而言,有奠仪式存在着一定的差异;两个民族在丧葬形式的具体操作上也存在一些差异;两民族在对待死亡的态度上存在差异。藏族与傣族在丧葬习俗方面存在异同的原因如下:藏族与傣族在丧葬习俗上造成差异的应该是两族不同的生死观;原始宗教对两个民族的影响程度不同;佛教的传入与地理环境影响了两个民族的丧葬习俗。

As an important part of national culture, funeral custom is the last ritual of our life. Funeral customs in Tibetan and Dai nationality have a greater comparative value in that they not only share the same last rites and similar burial forms but also differ in such aspects as memorial ceremony, specific operation procedures and their attitudes towards death. The reasons for the similarities and differences between Tibetan and Dai funeral customs lies in their different attitudes towards life and death, different levels of influences from their original religions, the introduction of Buddhism and the different geographical and environmental impacts.