敦煌丧葬仪式与丧俗文关系探究

敦煌文献中保存了大量丧俗文,详细记载了古代敦煌丧葬习俗,可弥补历史文献记载的不足。从保存的文献资料可以看出,敦煌丧葬仪式大致分为临终、停丧、吊丧、入殓、出殡、下葬和斋祭七个步骤,同时因为仪程的需要,都会有相应的祭文、斋文等丧俗文学作品产生,且不同的丧葬仪程对各类丧俗文的结构模式和文体风格有重大影响。

Research of Relationship between Funeral Rite and Funeral Paper in Dunhuang

In Dunhuang documents, there remains a lot of funeral paper which records the funeral rites in ancient Dunhuang and makes up the deficiency of historical reeords. Judging from the remaining docu- ments,the funeral rite in Dunhuang divides into seven steps：antemortem period, death, visiting the be- reaved, encoffining, holding a funeral procession, bury and sacrifice. In the meantime owing to the need of rite, funeral orations and other funeral literature are composed. The structure and style of diverse funeral paper varies with different funeral rites.