嘉绒藏族房名继承者对家屋权利和义务的象征性赎买

Symbolic Redemption of Residential Rights and Obligations by Gyarong Tibetan House Name Successors

嘉绒藏族的家屋及其名号——房名,过去是包含一座房屋、土地、赋税、差役和身份地位在内的一个整体,继承房名的人同时拥有这些物质和非物质的权利,但同时,也要承担独特的义务。其中最重要的就是赡养老人和为老人送终,为老人送终,实际上是一个包含修坟山、葬礼和打斋在内的象征性赎买过程。

A Gyarong Tibetan house and its name used to include the house,land,tax,corvée and status.The house name inheritor enjoying material and non-material rights have to assume special obligations at the same time.Their most important obligation is to provide for the elderly and lay the dead to rest,which is actually a symbolic redemption including digging the grave,arranging the funeral and paying homage to the dead.