彝族原始宗教及其祭祀性体育*

彝族祭祀性体育的功能主要在于娱神、娱鬼、自娱及娱人,其表现形式可分为竞技性体育、娱乐游戏、体育舞蹈三类。这些活动源于其先民的生产生活需要、古代战争与军事活动,而原始宗教祭祀活动则是其最初的源头。但是随着社会的发展,一方面其祭祀的成分和功能正在弱化,体育的内涵逐渐与现代体育的竞技和健身内容对接,演变成民族体育、民族文化甚至大众文化的重要组成部分;另一方面却又坚硬地存续下来,成为展示民族精神、尤其是民族认同的重要内容。因此,进一步研究彝族祭祀性体育,其意义是重大的。

Primitive Religion ang Sacrificial Sports Activities of Yi

The function of Sacrificial Physical Culture includes amusing gods, amusing ghosts, amusing oneself and amusing others. The expression of Sacrificial Physical Culture falls into three different ways that are competitive sports, recreational games and sports dance. These activities are developed from the needs of life and production or military activities of ancient Yi nationality and all of these are derived from the primitive religion. On one hand, with the development of society, the element and function of sacrifice is reducing, the old physical culture is mixing with modern sports and fitness, which gradually become parts of national sports or mess culture. On the other hand, the primitive religion and sacrificial physical culture be saved sequentially. It becomes the national spirit, which is a very important part of national identity. In consequence, the further study of sacrificial physical culture has very important implications.