- 期刊
探討台灣虎圖騰信仰的遺蹟與分布
Study for the Sites and Locations of Tiger Totemism in Taiwan
摘要
圖騰的信仰，是一種古老的宗教信仰文化，遠古時期的中國社會，盛行圖騰，每個部族都有各種不同的信奉圖騰，圖騰既是他們的原始祖神，也是他們族群的代表及區別標幟。從「虎蹟與歷史源流」觀察，虎圖騰的氏族，早在遠古時期，就從中國西方東進，與分佈中國東南的族群產生人文互動交流。因著歷史源流的流向、民族的拓展，在台灣也有豐富的虎蹟，台灣一地儘管不產虎，然而虎文化仍有承傳，而且還不少。透過虎圖騰與台灣虎神信仰、虎圖騰與台灣的避邪民俗、虎圖騰與生活民俗、虎圖騰與生命禮俗等各單元的探討，瞭解台灣仍然保有珍貴的上古宗教遺跡，值得我們珍惜與維護。
並列摘要
Totemism is a kind of ancient religious culture, which prevailed over Chinese society in ancient times and each tribe had their own totem belief. Thus, the totem is not only their primogenitor but also the representative of their tribe and its distinguishing characteristics. When judging from the ＂site and historical origin of the tiger＂, tribes with tiger totemism migrated from west China to the eastern region in ancient times and these then had cultural interaction with existing tribes located in southeast China. Following the progress of history and expansion of the nation, there are now numerous tiger sites in Taiwan. Despite the fact that there are no local-born tigers in Taiwan, tiger culture was still passed down and bloomed here. Therefore, through the study of tiger totemism versus tiger-god belief, evils-avoidance custom, folk custom, and life ceremonies in Taiwan, people can recognize that there are still valuable ancient religious sites existing in Taiwan and that they deserved to be cherished and preserved.