云南剑川沙溪白族阿吒力教朝北斗仪式研究

On the Acarya Ceremony of Worshipping the Big Dipper of the Bai People in Jianchuan of Yunnan Province

剑川沙溪白族阿吒力教朝北斗仪式承续中国古代祭祷北斗的传统。从仪式结构来看,“禳星”与“荐亡”仪式的结合契合季令仪式的本质。从仪式的文化内涵来看,折射出白族观测星象、崇拜北斗的文化积淀,糅合了密教祭北斗意旨与人们对丰收、安泰的祈愿,表达了白族对万物息息相关、互相交融的整体性认识,与中华民族文化和谐统一精神、白族生命观形成呼应。

The Acarya ceremony of worshipping the Big Dipper of the Bai people in Jianchuan has inherited the tradition in ancient China.In the rite,the combination of"expelling malefics"and"releasing souls from purgatory"reflects the intrinsic quality of the seasonal ceremony which embodies the Bai culture of observing stars and worshipping the Big Dipper.And it also mixes the worship of the Big Dipper in Tantra for good harvests and blessings.This expresses the Bai's overall knowledge of the connection and harmonious coexistence of everything in the universe,and is in line with the Chinese national culture and the Bai people's view for life.