数字崇拜与文化象征:对“嘉绒十八土司”历史文化内涵的探讨

Numberal Worship and Cultural Symbols:On the Historical and Cultural Connotation of Gyalrong Eighteen Chieftains

"嘉绒十八土司"被视为是一个关于嘉绒藏族历史地理范围的表述,但在具体理解上却存在不少分歧,且各有不合情理之处。从"十八"之说广泛存在于苯教文化体系,以及象雄苯教与嘉绒地区的历史文化渊源关系来看,"嘉绒十八土司"很可能源于苯教关于"十八"的数字崇拜及相关的象征文化,"十八土司"非实指,无关嘉绒藏族的地理范围。

Many people believe Gyalrong Tibetan＇s area included eighteen chieftains in the Ming and Qing dynasties because of one folk vulgarism：Gyalrong-Eighteen-Chieftains.The paper discovers that this opinion may be a misunderstanding.It suggests that this folk vulgarism may be numberal characters worship and cultural symbols about Eighteen which came from Bon religion of ancient Zhang-zhung.