一山而五頂：多學科、跨方域、多文化視野中的五臺信仰研究國際學術研討會=An International Conference The Mountain of Five Plateaus： Studies of The Wutai Cult in Multidisciplinary and Transborder/Cultural Approaches
出版日期
2015.07
出版者
山西省佛教協會
出版地
山西, 中國 [Shanxi, China]
資料類型
會議論文=Proceeding Article
使用語言
英文=English
附註項
主辦方: Buddhist association of Shanxi Province 山西省佛教協會 作者單位：National Centre for Scientific Research 法國國家科學研究中心
摘要
Pilgrimages to the sacred Chinese mountain of Wutaishan were very popular among Mongols who went there in droves in the 19th and 20th century, and are documented by a variety of sources, including stone inscriptions, folk songs, and pilgrimage guides. Among these sources, pilgrims’ diaries, travel accounts and memoirs give an insider’s viewpoint of their journey. The present study introduces the recently published travel account of Duke Miγvačir (1893-1958) of Alaša, a writer, traveler, artist, poet, and pious Buddhist, who describes his visit to the sacred Chinese mountain in 1938 with his younger brother, after a long journey to Tibet, India, and Beijing (Alaša qosiγun-u baraγun güng-ün iledkel šastir [“Report of the Western Duke of Alaša Banner”], 1942, published in 2008). Although he was known as a pious Buddhist and eventually became a monk, Miγvačir’s visit to Wutaishan is rather matter-of-fact and brings to light some specific Mongol practices. This paper questions what Miγvačir’s account tells (and does not tell) us about Mongols’ pilgrimages of the early 20th century, in a time of troubles and conflicts.
