苗族“椎牛祀”的文化特征

摘要

The cultural features of Miao “Killing-Bull Sacrifices” are determined by the characteristics of the Miao nationality traditional culture. In the process of the Miao culture, “Killing-Bull Sacrifices” shows a strong nature of inheritance in that it is the occasion when the Miao people worship gods and heaven, the reflection of civilizing, the spreading of Nuo Culture and the occasion when humans and gods have a carnival time. It is a concentrated reflection of the natural condition and the social-historical conditions. In it common rules concerning the primitive and folk tradition are observed.%苗族“椎牛祀”的文化特征是由苗族传统文化的特性来决定的，在苗族传统文化的形成过程中，“椎牛祀”具有很强的继承性。苗族“椎牛祀”的文化特征主要表现为苗族“椎牛祀”是苗族人崇鬼祭天的体现、苗族“椎牛祀”是苗族人跨越文明的体现、苗族“椎牛祀”是苗族人传播傩文化的体现、苗族“椎牛祀”是苗族人娱神娱人的体现等几个方面，它反映了苗族传统文化所形成的特定的自然条件和社会历史条件，而且具有原始宗教和民俗传统为中心的社会准则。