摘要:《查姆》是流传于云南双柏、新平等地彝族民间的一部创世史诗，被视为彝家的“根谱”。其中蕴涵着丰富的彝族宗教信仰文化，主要包括万物有灵观、灵魂崇拜、图腾崇拜和祖先崇拜。原始宗教信仰是彝族史诗存活的土壤，史诗表达了彝族独特的信仰文化，史诗与信仰文化紧密结合，史诗因而具有了神圣性。彝族的史诗也往往被彝族宗教祭司保存和传承，且往往使用在宗教性、祭祀性的民俗仪式场合中，因而史诗既是神圣的，也是世俗的，既是神事，更是人事；诗性、神性和人性相交织融合便成为了彝族史诗的一个特点，史诗《查姆》具有极高的文化内涵和研究价值。

关键词：彝族史诗；查姆；信仰文化

ABSTRACT:" Chamu "is the Creation Epic ,which is popular in Shuangbai, Xinping of Yunnan, and other places of Yi folk, be regarded as the" root spectrum" to Yijia. It contains rich Yi religious belief culture, including animism view, spirit worship, totem worship and ancestor worship. The primitive religious belief is a fertile environment for the epic. Epic is expression of Yi People's unique cultural beliefs. It integrated with belief culture closely, thus it has sanctity. Yi epic is also tend to be preserved and inherited by the religious priests, and often used in religious, sacrificial folk ritual occasions, so the epic is sacred, and secular, as god thing, but also personal. Poetic, divinity and humanity are intertwined together became a feature of Yi epic. " Chamu " has a very high cultural connotation and research value.

Key word: The epic poetry; Chamu; religious culture