金沙江河谷傣族的稻作与祭祀

傣族是最早的稻作民族之一。金沙江河谷傣族多数为南诏以后由景东等地南迁而来，稻作是其最主要的生产活动，有很强的季节性和节令要求，并且每一生产环节都与节日及祭祀联系在一起，形成了以稻作生产为中心，以祈水为主题的农业祭祀和农事仪礼。

On the Rice-farming and Sacrificial Rites of the Dais in the Valley of the Jinsha River

The Dai nationality is among the earliest nationalities engaging in rice-farming. Most of the Dais in the valley of the Jinsha River were immigrants from Jingdong and other places in the north after the Period of the Nanzhao Kingdom. The Dais here have long engaged themselves mainly in rice-farming, which has rather fixed seasonal requirements. Because each link of their rice-farming is associated with a certain festival or sacrificial rite, the Dais here have had their own farming rites or ceremonies with rice-farming as the core and the praying for rain as the theme.