土家族梯玛信仰研究——以拉西峒村为个案

A Study of the Tujia's belief in Tima--With Laxidong Village as an Example

作者通过实地观察一次土家族的还梯玛愿活动 ,分析了它在现实生活中的存在状况。文章指出 ,这次梯玛法事活动主要是一种行为层面上的重演 ,尽管这种“重演”即是土家族传统民间信仰遗留的一种反映 ,但它已失去了其所以产生的原始观念基础 :神圣性与神秘感。造成这种状况的原因主要是国家力量的干预、外部文化的影响、医药知识与生产技术的普及与进步。

Based on watching the Tujia's rite of redeeming their vows to Tima,the author analyses such activity's status quo in reality.The article points out that this ritual in memory of Tima is mainly a recurrence at the level of behavior;and that although this recurrence is a reflection of the Tujia tradition left over by popular belief,yet it has already ost its original of ideology wherefrom it came into being.This is the result of official interference,the result of the outside influence,and the result of popularization and progress of medical knowledge and productive technology.