身体、知觉和场所延续性——活态遗产视角下尼泊尔昌古纳拉扬神庙建筑群崇拜仪式研究

Body,Perception and Place Continuity:A Study on the Pūjāof Changu Narayan Temple Compound in Nepal from the Perspective of Living Heritage

文章以坐落在尼泊尔加德满都谷地东北角的昌古山顶上的昌古纳拉扬神庙建筑群为研究对象,借助物质文化研究理论,通过分析在昌古纳拉扬日常与节日崇拜活动中,信徒的行为、感知与物质要素的关系,探讨综合知觉的身体实践与超越性力量产生连接的方式;以及通过知觉体验所形成的,有关圣域的共同经验对场所持续建构的意义;最后指出仅以“使用”描述“活态”遗产之活态的含义并不足以揭示遗产的价值核心,作为个体的当地居民和信徒通过身体实践获得的共同的知觉经验与记忆才真正保证了崇拜关系的延续,进而维护了遗产的延续性。

This article studies the Changu Narayan Temple compound,located on the top of Changu Hill in the northeast Kathmandu valley.It demonstrates the interrelationship between the material elements and the worshippers’behaviours and senses in the everyday and festive religious activities at Changu Narayan.The article draws on the theories of material culture studies to explore how the embodied practices of integrated perceptions connect with transcendental power and the significance of the shared perceptual experience for the ongoing construction of the‘power place’.This article further argues that describing‘living heritage’in terms of its‘use’does not sufficiently reveal the essence of its heritage values.Instead,the worshippers’shared perceptual experience gained through embodied practices guarantees the continuity of worship and thus preserves the continuity of heritage.