战国秦汉时期巴蜀丧葬习俗——船棺葬及其民俗文化内涵

船棺葬是战国秦汉间巴蜀地区流行的一种丧葬习俗。本文运用民俗学和文化人类学相结合的方法 ,从船棺葬的发现与地理分布、船棺葬与巴蜀先民生产与生活的关系、船棺葬的特点及其民俗文化内涵等三个方面 ,探讨这一古老的丧葬习俗形成的原因 ,以及它所蕴藏的民俗文化内涵。指出巴蜀船棺葬的产生 ,既是巴蜀先民受到本民族“送魂”意识支配下的产物 ,同时又与古代巴蜀先民的生产活动与生活习俗有着密切的联系。

The Funeral Custom of Ba Shu Area during the Warring States and Qin-Han Period Chuan-Guan Funeral and Its Cultural Meaning

The Chuan-Guan funeral which regard a boat as inner and outer coffins, was a popular funeral custom in Ba Shu area during the Warring States and Qin_Han period. The causes to come into being the old funeral custom in Ba Shu area and its cultural meaning was discussed by means of combining the folklore with cultural anthropology in this paper. According to the article, Chuan-Guan funeral in Ba-Shu area was the result of being controlled by the "delivering soul" consciousness of the Ba Shu people their own nation. Meanwhile, it was also closely related to the Ba Shu people's production activity and life custom.