An Analysis of the Multiple-interaction Characteristics of Christian Indigenization in the Ethnic Minority Areas of Southwest China: A Case Study of the Lahu Funeral Ceremony in G County of Southwest Yunnan

IF 0.1 0 RELIGION International Journal of Sino-Western Studies Pub Date : 2022-05-13 DOI:10.37819/ijsws.22.187

YU Yan-e

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Abstract

Christian indigenization in the ethnic minority areas of Southwest China is part of the culture change of the ethnic minorities. There appear in the Lahu funeral culture the changes of cremation and ground burial being practiced in parallel, erecting a cross and at the same time building a tomb and setting up a tombstone of typical Han style. Furthermore, the traditional Lahu concept of “the souls returning to the land of the ancestors” is found being replaced by or mixed with concepts of “the souls going to heaven” and “the souls residing in the tomb”. These changes reflect that Christian indigenization in the ethnic minority areas of Southwest China is not a two-way interaction of Christianity and the culture of a specific ethnic minority, but the multiple interaction and fusion of Christianity, the culture of the ethnic minority and cultures of the surrounding peoples.

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西南少数民族地区基督教本土化的多重互动特征分析——以滇西南县拉祜族葬礼为例

西南少数民族地区的基督教本土化是少数民族文化变迁的一部分。在拉祜族的丧葬文化中，出现了火葬和土葬并行的变化，在立十字架的同时，建造了一座具有典型汉族风格的坟墓和墓碑。此外，拉祜族传统的“魂归故土”的观念被“魂归天堂”和“魂居坟墓”的观念所取代或混合。这些变化反映出西南少数民族地区的基督教本土化不是基督教与特定少数民族文化的双向互动，而是基督教、少数民族文化与周边民族文化的多重互动与融合。

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