黔中平坝“棺材洞”考

A Study of the“Coffin Cave”in Pingba of Central Guizhou

洞葬曾经是苗族主要的丧葬形式之一。贵州中部平坝区齐伯镇“棺材洞”肇始于唐代唐肃宗至德年间(公元8世纪),入葬者1300余年来绵延不绝。随葬的宋代鹭鸟纹彩色蜡染褶裙精美绝伦。“棺材洞”体现了黔中苗族同胞对故土的一种集体守望。

Cave burial was once one of the main forms of burial for the Miao people.As early as the 8th century in Tang Dynasty,the“coffin cave”located in Qibo Town,Pingba of central Guizhou Province,started to become a burial place,and this custom has since continued in the following 1300 years.Among the unearthed burial objects from the“coffin cave”is a very exquisite batik pleated skirt with heron pattern from Song Dynasty.The“coffin cave”embodies a kind of collective longing for their homeland of the Miao compatriots in central Guizhou Province.