“原生态”文化的制造：河湟西纳地区阳坡人的耍“牦牛”仪式

河湟西纳地区阳坡人的“耍牦牛”仪式，依借原有山神信仰等文化资源，逐步成为独特的文化表相，阳坡人早已将其视为自己的文化传统而精心维护着仪式过程和祭拜诉求。从阳坡人的耍“牦牛”仪式历程可以看到时下被视为“原生态”的文化是如何被前人制造的，也进而可知：一些“原生态”文化或“传统”只不过是前人在特定场域下制造并用来借以宣示自己在区域社会中的阶序而已，隐匿其后的社会本相是人群间的竞争或合作关系。

The Making of “Authentic” Culture:The Ritual of Playing with the Yak among Yangpo People in Xi'na Region

The ritual of playing with the yak among Yangpo people in Xi’na region was drawn on the conventional belief in gods of mountains and so on that gradually formulated unique cultural phenomenon and was carefully maintained as a result of being viewed as its own cultural tradition.It reveals that some "authentic" or traditional culture is barely the tool that has been made in certain circumstances to claim social status and impact of certain groups,which is embedded in contestation or collaboration between peoples.