丧葬习俗与藏族社会结构研究--以四川省白玉县为例

摘要

Sky burial is a traditional funeral custom, which still survives in Tibetan-inhabited area. Sanyan Sky burial in Baiyu County of Sichuan Province is similar to that of other Tibetan places.For ex-ample, similarly, historical, geographical and social factors have interwoven sky burial with paternal con-sanguinity.The investigation on Sanyan sky burial shows a perspective of local societal structure can be adopted to effectively study sky burial or the alike.%天葬是藏族社会一种传统的丧葬习俗，至今仍存在于广大的藏族地区。四川省甘孜藏族自治州白玉县山岩社会的天葬与其它藏族地区存在类似之处，比如受历史、地理以及社会文化等因素的深刻影响，其特殊性在于山岩天葬习俗与当地的父系血缘组织戈巴密切关联。山岩天葬文化的调查研究表明，学界在研究分析丧葬文化或其它文化事象时，以地方社会组织或社会结构为视角或是一种重要的方法。