彝族“黑白”文化探源

A Study of the Yi's "Black and White Culture"

多年以来人们对彝族为什么以"黑""白"为族称的问题困惑,有些学者对此问题提出种种疑问和看法。实际上黑白文化内涵与外延涉及诸多彝族深层文化。文章主要探讨彝族与"黑白"自称关系、"黑白"与宗教关系、"黑白"与月历关系等历史文化关系有关问题。

The reason why the Yi people name themselves as white group and black group is so confused that no consensus has reached on the issue until today. In fact connotation and denotation of the black and white culture involves the Yi people＇s deep cultures. This article focuses on such historical and cultural relationships between the Yi people and their self--clai- ming to be＂black and white＂ , between the religion and＂black and white＂ , between their calendar system and＂black and white＇,and so on.