蒙古族敖包祭祀仪式渊源探

The Origion of Mongol's Aobao Sacrificial Ceremony

蒙古人敖包祭祀源远流长,从氏族社会延传至今,学术界关于敖包的起源众说纷纭。笔者运用词源学、宗教人类学、文化人类学等方法,通过对敖包祭祀渊源、功能、禁忌、种类等诸方面进行分析,并指出敖包的原型来自于先祖的坟墓,是自然崇拜与祖先崇拜相结合产物;敖包祭祀渊源于祖先祭祀,是古老的萨满教"万物有灵论"观念的具体表现形式;敖包祭祀经过历史文化变迁而敖包祭祀功能的演变以及种类增多。

Mongol's Aobao sacrificial ceremony has a long history pertaining from clan society to now,the opinions among scholars differed.The author elaborates on the origins,function,taboo and varieties through the methods of etymology,religious anthropology,and cultural anthropology,and tells us the origin of Aobao came from the ancestors' tombs and it is a combination of nature worship and ancestor worship.