揭秘彝族的谱系文化

Unveiling Pedigree Culture of Yi People

彝族主要分布在我国的云南、四川、贵州及广西等省和自治区,全国的彝族人口有800多万,是我国人口较多的少数民族之一。凉山彝族自治州是全国最大、最集中的彝族聚居区域,这里传承和延续了彝族最为古老的生活习俗,保存了彝族最为完整的文化传统,这些与彝族的谱系文化有着重要的关联。本文从三个方面对彝族的谱系文化进行了展示和揭秘,认为谱系不但是维系彝族原始血缘的纽带,而且是记载彝族历史的珍贵档案,最后谱系还是维护彝族社会制度的重要形式。

Yi people,with over 800 million populations,and as one of China＇s largest ethnic minorities,are mainly living over Yunnan,Sichuan,Guizhou and Guangxi,in which Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan is the largest Yi community.Liangshan Yi people inherit and preserve the oldest custom and intact traditional culture which is closely related with the Yi pedigree culture.This paper introduces the Yi＇s pedigree culture from three aspects and points out that pedigree is the tie to maintain Yi＇s blood origin,an important form to maintain Yi＇s social system,and valuable archives of Yi＇s history.