唐宋墓葬出土陀罗尼经咒及其民间信仰

The Dharani Mantra Scriptures Unearthed from the Burials of the Tang and Song Dynasties and Their Folkloric Worships

唐宋墓葬中出土有一种陀罗尼经咒,它往往以特殊的佩戴方式与死者伴出。通过对考古出土的这类材料进行综合研究,认为其与唐宋时期持明密教在中土的流行有关,同时也与中国传统文化中的咒术、避邪等方术相互结合,形成唐宋之际民间信仰的一种新的表现形式。

Dharani Mantra scriptures are unearthed from the burials of the Tang and Song Dynasties,which were usually accompanying the dead with special bearing behaviors.This paper comprehensively studied the archaeologically unearthed cases of this kind of Dharani Mantra scriptures and pointed out that they were related to the popularity of the Tantric Buddhism in China during the Tang and Song Dynasties;meanwhile,this sect of Buddhism was integrated with the occultist arts such as incantations and exorcising crafts and formed a new type of folkloric beliefs during this period.