“道教儀式與中國社會”國際學術研討會11月18日議程

第一場（20:20－21:20）：

藍靛瑤對道教儀式框架的應用——分析破獄儀式的文本

Ø   講者：謝孟謙（香港大學香港人文社會研究所）

Ø   評論人：蕭霽虹（雲南省社會科學院宗教研究所）

Ø   主持人：陳文龍（福建師範大學社會歷史學院）

摘要：老撾西北部的藍靛瑤族至今仍然沿用其儀式手抄本以舉行宗教儀式，在手抄本中可以看見明顯的道教儀式框架，此框架能夠與靈寶黃籙齋儀作對應。藍靛瑤的儀式並非直接的複製靈寶科儀，而是靈活的運用其儀式框架，於當中加入別具藍靛瑤特色的內容。本文分析藍靛瑤破獄儀式的文本，簡單評述其內容，展示藍靛瑤文本與南宋靈寶黃籙齋儀之異同，藉此討論（1）道教儀式與藍靛瑤的關係、（2）藍靛瑤的宗教儀式所蘊藏的社會意義、（3）藍靛瑤對「他者」的設想。筆者相信，藍靛瑤的案例有助研究者探討道教的儀式系統與邊陲民族的關係。

第二場（21:30－22:30）：

Indigenous embryo, Daoist husk: Rice farming, myths, and rituals among the Lanten Yao

Ø   講者：SUN Jiayue Joseph孫嘉玥（香港大學香港人文社會研究所）

Ø   評論人：John Lagerwey勞格文（法國高等研究學院、香港中文大學）

Ø   主持人：Jacopo Scarin甘雪松（威尼斯大學）

Abstract: The Lanten Yao people, an upland migrating branch of the Yao ethnic group in South China and Southeast Asia, preserve a wide range of beliefs, myths, and rituals related to rice farming. This article explores their rice culture, which sheds light on the interrelationship between their indigenous animist beliefs (the “embryo”) and Daoism (the “husk”). The first half of this article is devoted to introducing different aspects of Lanten rice culture. It starts by discussing rice worship as a shared indigenous culture of multiple ethnic groups. It then combs through the history of rice farming among the Yao (especially the Lanten). Afterwards, it portrays a general picture of the Lanten people’s rice-related beliefs and seasonal rituals, relying on both published materials and ethnographic information from a Lanten village in Laos. The second half of this article zooms into one specific case: the magic of “Fetching the Rice-soul,” performed by Lanten Daoist ritual experts in Laos. It first studies a myth that serves as the cultural background of this magic, followed by an investigation of a manuscript that contains its textual descriptions, studied from both literary and ethnographic perspectives. Parallel examples from other Lanten communities in China are raised for comparison. This article concludes by recontextualizing the case of Lanten rice culture within the larger discussion of their ethnic-religious identity. It argues that indigenous animist beliefs remain at the core of their culture, which are then systematically appropriated through the Daoist liturgical framework. This is realized through the synthesis of Shennong (i.e., the deity of agriculture) in Lanten mythology and the Lanten Daoist priest in rituals. Although the magic applies a Daoist liturgical framework, its main body is the ritual re-enacting of the indigenous myth. Hence, metaphorically speaking, the relationship between Lanten native traditions and Daoism is comparable to a rice embryo contained in its husk, and both parties are essential in composing an organic whole. Through this case study, this article aims at adding knowledge to scholars’ understanding of ethnic-religious identity and the spread of Daoism among non-Han Chinese people.