信仰中的狂欢:敦煌上元节灯戏考

Hilarity of Belief: A Study of Lantern-show in the Lantern Festival of Dunhuang

上元节灯会在敦煌地区是颇为重要而盛大的岁时活动,在敦煌文献中有较多关于上元节燃灯、观灯热闹场景的记载。通过对文献的讨论,可知敦煌上元节灯会民众参与程度非常高,燃灯祈福的信仰同观灯赏灯的娱乐紧密地结合在一起,吐鲁番和敦煌壁画中遗存的灯树图像,为我们感受当时流光溢彩的灯戏盛景提供了可能。

The Lantern Festival’s lantern-show is an important and grand annual activity held in Dunhuang district, and there are many records about the lantern-lighting and lantern-watching in the Lantern Festival in the Dunhuang literatures. On the basis of discussion of the literatures, it can be learned that people’s participation degree of the lantern-show in the Lantern Festival is high, and the belief of lighting lanterns to wish blessing is closely connected with the amusement of watching lanterns. The images of lantern-tree in the Turpan and Dunhuang frescoes provide the possibility for us to feel the colorful scene in lantern-show.