今年4月,我们初到新疆天山深处的巴音布鲁克大草原,最意外的是听说草原上至今还在实行天葬。当地蒙古人的天葬,比其他地区的天葬更天然。亲人们用一辆勒勒车驮着逝者在草原上一直走,落地之处就是逝者的离世之所,狼或鹫,会把逝者的灵魂最后带走。蒙古民族处置离世的仪式,都在路途颠簸中完成。他们的游牧,他们一年数次搬迁的蒙古包,他们数千年的辉煌历史无一不是在颠簸流徙中呈现。 In April this year, when we first arrived in the prairie Bayinbuluke in the depths of the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang, the most surprising thing was that we heard that the celestial burial was still practiced on the prairie. Burial by local Mongols is more natural than burial at other places. Relatives use a Le car laden with the dead on the prairie has been walking, landing is where the deceased’s death, wolves or eagles, the deceased’s soul will eventually take away. Mongolian nationalities to deal with the death of the ritual, are bumpy way to complete. Their nomadism, the yurt they relocated several times a year, and their glorious history of thousands of years are all present in the jolt of migrations.