送魂:民族学视野中的“二次葬”习俗——从民族志材料看“二次葬”的定义及原因

"Soul-Sending":the custom of the Twice Burial under the Ethnological Perspective ——A Study on the Definition and Reasons of the Twice Burial Based on Ethnographies

以彝、普米、景颇等族的"送魂"习俗为研究对象,从民族学角度对"二次葬"的定义、原因等进行讨论,指出该习俗也是"二次葬"的重要形式之一。认为民族学意义上的"二次葬"应被理解为一种葬俗而非葬式,对于二次葬的具体原因只能从特定人群的历史发展及其有关死亡的观念中探寻。

Taking the soul-sending customs in the Yi,Pumi and Jingpo ethnic groups as the focus,the paper discusses the definition and causes of the Twice Burial from the perspective of ethnology.It points out that soul-sending custom is one of the key forms of Twice Burial.It＇s argued that the Twice Burial,in the sense of ethnology,should be interpreted as a burial custom rather than a funeral style,and the specific reasons for Twice burial can be traced only from the historic development of a particular group and their concept of death.