纳西族口头传统特征刍论

Characteristics of Oral Tradition of Naxi Ethnic Group

纳西族口头传统记载和传承着民族的"根谱",东巴文化成为纳西族口头传统的重要传承载体。语言区域的不同是导致口头传统变异的主要原因,最突出的是丽江、泸沽湖地区两个方言区;同属一个方言区,但周边民族文化影响程度不同,也会影响到口头传统;语言天然具有口头性、集体性、传承性、地域性、表演性,而东巴仪式通过观念实践使口头传统的这些特征得到了紧密、有机的统一。

Oral Tradition of Naxi people records and inherits their root and Dongba culture is an important heritage carrier of Naxi oral tradition. Different dialect areas result in variations in oral tradition. The two typical areas are Lijiang and Lugu Lake which belong to the western and eastern dialect areas. Even in one dialect area, different surrounding ethnic cultures can also influence oral tradition in different degrees. Language naturally has its oral, collective, inheriting, regional and performing characteristics, and Dongba ceremony is an organic unity of all the characteristics of oral tradition in practice.