西双版纳僾尼人历史上曾实行严格的丧葬等级制。其丧葬等级,并非由死者生前的品行、功德、地位、财富等社会因素决定,而主要与死者死亡的地点、死亡的方式、成年与否、结婚与否、特别是有无子嗣等诸多所谓的“完人”因素相关。这一制度目前虽有不同程度的遗存,但很多方面已发生流变。僾尼人丧葬等级制及其变迁,为深入认识人类的丧葬文化史提供了独特案例。 Xishuangbanna Xuni people have historically imposed a strict hierarchy of funeral. The level of funeral is not determined by social factors such as conduct, merit, status and wealth of the deceased, but mainly related to the place of death, ways of death, adulthood, marriage or not, especially whether there are children or not “Perfect” factor related. Despite the varying degrees of remnants of this system, changes have taken place in many aspects. The Funeral graves system and its changes provide a unique case for in-depth understanding of human funeral culture history.