迎尸祭拜与社火神祗

青海省西宁地区的群众将春节社火文娱活动中的角色都尊称为"神祗",这种民俗意识是中国传统文化中"迎其神也"而祭之的遗存,因为社火活动源于古代的冬季逐傩礼、迎春礼、蜡祭等礼俗活动,它的角色原本是蜡祭的"尸神";迎春的"春"代表-挡羊娃、春牛;逐傩的"方相氏和十二神兽"--青海傩舞老羊歌等,所以西宁地区的群众把社火的角色统称为神祗是有依据的.

Corpses Welcoming Sacrifices and Traditional Festivties

People of Xining district,Qinghai,respectfully address all rol es of traditional festivities entertainment during spring festival as gods. T his kind of folk custom is remains of " welcome the deity and offer it th e sacrifices" in Chinese traditional culture. Because festival activities are sourced from ancient festival to exorcise the devil causing any plag ue, spring welcoming, sacrifice and other etiquette and custom,it's former role is Corpses God in sacrifice.The spring is presented by the boy shepherd and the cow;the Fangxiang and the twelve god animals in f estival to exorcise the devil are presented in Qinghai exorcise dance - old popular rural folk dance. So there's foundation for Xining peop le to consider all rules in the tradition festivities as gods.