台湾天界神傩的文化源流、形象塑造与民俗意涵

台湾天界神傩源自中原驱逐邪崇的理念,是中华远古傩文化在闽台信俗文化圈衍生的表演形态,较为完整地承袭了中华傩文化的核心思想与处事逻辑。它在借鉴传统“大神尪”傩舞形象塑造的基础上,基于两岸民众信仰、情感与审美情趣,从神祇定位、身型扮相与行傩阵法等方面丰富“大神尪”傩仪的符号内容,使其融祭祀性与艺术性于一体,塑造出正义凛然、俊美挺拔、不怒自威、武艺超群的将帅神尪形象,并从娱神娱人转化为两岸民众对传统文化的坚守,蕴含着镌刻历史、传承艺脉进而根植人心的民俗意涵。两岸傩文化同根同源,台湾天界神傩是两岸信俗理念互渗与仪式互鉴的的缩影。

Origin,Imaging and Connotation of the Holy Nuo in Heaven in Taiwan

The Nuo ritual in Taiwan,or the Holy Nuo in Heaven,has been practiced in the circles of folk believers in Fujian and Taiwan.It is a performance of the ancient Chinese Nuo culture derived from the exorcism ritual in the part of central China,and a rather complete inheritance of the core ideas and behavioral logic of Chinese Nuo culture.Its images have been created on the basis of those in the Holy Nuo General ritual with the beliefs,emotions and aesthetic interests of the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait,and it has enriched symbols and motions of the deity status,figures and Nuo formation of the holy Nuo general ritual,integrating the ritual solemnity and artistic beauty in one,creating the vivid image of a righteous,upright,dignified and powerful master general from heaven,and successfully turning the ritual entertainment to adherence of the people across the Taiwan Strait to the traditional culture, which records history,carries folk art and takes root in the hearts of the common people.The Nuo rituals across the Taiwan Strait come from the same source and the Nuo culture in Taiwan is a microcosm of the interaction of cultural belief and rituals between the Mainland and Taiwan of China.