亚鲁王城——“格桑”初探简

在苗族西部方言各次方言和土语区广泛传说着关于亚鲁的故事，在婚丧嫁娶、祭祀典礼、建房造屋、节日欢庆、人生礼仪等不同场合，唱诵《亚鲁王》是重要的仪式性内容。《亚鲁王》与苗人息息相通，以英雄神明的声威切入生活的方方面面，成为苗族人在生产、生活、生长过程中的护佑神。在苗族人口传心授的记忆中，这位英雄的王城和战死的地方并不遥远，苗语称为“格桑”。“格桑”在何处，本文试作探讨。

The First Research on the City of Yalu King Gesang

It is widely spread a legend about Yalu in the regions of dialects and subdialects and local dialects of the west of the Miao people.At weddings and funerals, rituals and ceremonies, housing construction, festivals, life etiquette and so on different occasions, chanting Yalu King is an important ceremony.Miao people are closely connective with Yalu King. Yalu king has existed in every aspect of life as the prestige of hero and deity , which has become a guardian of the Miao people both in production and life as well as in the process of the growth. In the memory which transmissed orally of Miao People, the city of the hero and the place where the hero died are not far away, which lies in Guiyang, Guizhou province was called as ＂Gesang＂ in Miao language.This paper attempts to discuss where the ＂Gesang＂ is.