多民族语境下纳木依民间信仰及其社会功能

Namuyi Minority Group's Folk Religion and Its Social Function in the Context of Multi-ethnic Communities.

民间信仰作为中国社会传统文化和价值体系的重要组成部分之一,拥有广泛而庞大的信众群体。少数民族的社会生活中处处体现着他们独特的信仰文化,这种信仰约束着他们的思想和行为,与他们的社会生活息息相关。因此,从民俗学和文化人类学的视角对社会价值功能进行探究能凸显民间信仰对民族百姓日常生活的影响和意义。纳木依民间信仰有一般民间信仰的普遍性,即以原始宗教崇拜、婚丧祭祀仪式形成的象征体系;又有其自身的独特性:因其历史渊源而融合了蒙古族、纳西族、羌族、彝族等民族的信仰元素,有多教合一、多神并崇等特点。受封闭的生活地域环境的限制,纳木依民间信仰氛围十分浓郁,且得到了较完整的保留,在多民族语境下发挥着生态保护、蕴藉补偿、道德教化、族群维系、民族文化传承等重要功能。

Folk religion, as one critical part of China＇ s traditional euhure and value system, is widespread with a large following. The social life of the ethnic minority groups displays their unique cultures and beliefs. Therefore, seizing the relationship between the folk religion and public life, from the Folklore and Cultural anthropological perspectives could highlight the intluenee and meaning of folk belief in the daily lives of Namuyi Minority group. The folk belief of the Namuyi Minority group is seen to be has universal features as general folk region, meaning that it is a symbolic system formed by primitive religious worship, and marriage and funeral rituals. Furthermore, it has its own uniqueness due to its historical origin from Mongolian, Naxi, Qiang, and Yi ethnic religion elements. Therefore, the folk belief of Namuyi Minority group has the eharacteristies of utilitarianism, multi-religious, polytheism, and has the functions of eeologieal, moral euhivation, order maintenance, as well as cultural transmission.