湘西苗族祭“滚年”仪式神圣空间观念解析

The Study on the Concept about Sacred Space of Miao in Western Hunan in the Ceremony of Sacrificing Gunnian

显圣物是神圣空间神圣性的自我表征和核心来源,湘西苗族祭"滚年"仪式中的三个神圣空间,其神圣属性源自不同的显圣物。仪式中神圣空间的生成及其神圣属性的强化在很大程度上受到"万物有灵"观念、禁忌观念、巫术观念、祖灵观念等原始宗教观念的投射,其中,以祖灵观念的影响较大。在一定程度上可以说,祭"滚年"是湘西苗族自然崇拜的典型形态,也是湘西苗族祖先崇拜的隐蔽形式。

Hierophany is the self-representation and the core source of the sacred space. There are three sacred space in the Ceremony of Sacrificing Gunnian ,which sacred attributes come from different manifestations.The production of sacred space and the strengthening of the divine in ceremony attributes to a great extent by the idea of ＂ali things have spirit＂ and taboo idea, the concept of witchcraft, the concept of ancestors primitive religious concepts which greatly influenced by the concept of ancestors. To some extent, Sacrificing Gunnian is a typical form of the natural worship of the Miao in western Hunan, and the hidden form of the worship of the ancestors .