桂东南客家大幡醮仪及其价值

Big Banner Ritual in Hakka Area of Southeast Guangxi and Its Values

民间大幡醮仪,肇始于汉末,形成于南北朝,完备于唐宋。桂东南客家聚居区至今完整传承,堪称民间信仰之珍贵活化石。大幡醮仪集中体现了我国传统文化"佛皮、道骨、儒家魂"的结构特征,还表现了国家在民众心中的至尊地位,更在解决民众生老病死各种困厄方面,具有显著功效,并且技艺卓越,值得国内外学者深入探究。

The Big Banner Ritual ever started in the local area at the end of the Han Dynasty, took shape in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and became perfect in the Tang and Song Dynasties. The Hakka settlement in the southeast Guangxi is still in complete form, which can be called the precious living fossil in the local faith. The Big Banner Ritual has been characterized with the Chinese traditional culture of ＂Buddhist skin, Taoist bone and Confucian soul＂. The ritual also symbolizes the high position of the State in public mind while the public hope the State would play an important role in protecting them from disasters and hardships, which deserves the attention of researchers concerned both at home and abroad.