彝、汉民间文化圆融的结晶——开远市老勒村彝族“人祖庙”的解读

The Fusion of Yi Folk Culture and Han Folk Culture:An Interpretation of the Yi's "Human Ancestry Temple" in Laole Village of Kaiyuan City

现今开远市老勒村的彝族"人祖庙"也许是我国西南少数民族地区唯一续存的供奉洪水遗民两兄妹之"人祖庙"。彝族的传统文化本无宗庙、无偶像。开远彝族地区却出现了兄妹"人祖庙",并以庙会形式对两尊人祖石像进行祭祀,显然是明代以降彝、汉民间信仰圆融的结晶。调查表明,历史上开远彝族及周边地区之洪水型兄妹婚神话呈密集分布,并曾一度续存着将洪水遗民两兄妹视为人类始祖的信仰,与中原地区对伏羲女娲的人祖信仰与祭仪有着某种相似性。

The Yi＇s ＂Human Ancestry Temple＂ in Laole Village of Kaiyuan City might be the only one of this kind in the minority areas of southwest China that worships the surviving Brother and Sister after the Flood.The traditional culture of the Yi nationality has no family temple and idol.This temple where two stone statues of human ancestors are worshiped is clearly the fusion of Yi folk culture and Han folk culture since the Ming dynasty.It has been proved that the Flood-related Brother-Sister Myth was very popular in the Yi inhabited area as well as the neighboring areas,where the Brother and the Sister were worshiped as the human ancestors which is somewhat similar to the Fuxi-Nvwa worship and ritual in the Central Plains of China.