A Study On The Old Tibetan Manuscript Of P.t.1134(1-195)from Dunhuang

P.t.1134 is an old tibetan manuscript related to funeral rituals of the Tubo Bon religion,which has a great deal of mythology.The handwriting of P.t.1134 is hasty and careless,and there are some words which are crossed out because of miswriting.It is a rare document for codicology academic research.The content can be divided into six parts,although the first five parts are separate,there are a lot of similarities in the narrative structure.The sixth part of P.t.1134 is too difficult to translate,its texts may describe the world of the dead.The variety of names of Bonist is poor,and their religious funcions are mainly related to funeral activities.When we combine other old tibetan manuscripts of Bon Religion which from Dunhuang,its obvious to find that there is a great variety of names about the Belivers of Bon Religion,and their religious functions also conclude many contents.Animal sacrifice is an important link in the funeral activities chains of Bon Religion,the sacrificed animals have various functions.In the text group of the old tibetan manuscripts of Bon Religion which from Dunhuang,there is a certain mythological quality of the Belivers of Bon Religion and the animals were used to offer a sacrifice,especially the animals were used to offer a sacrifice.But by analyzing the contents were written on the wooden slips from Milan,Xinjiang,we can see when the writers writing this type of texts,they always write on a substantive basis,which can be reflected on the names of the Belivers of Bon Religion and their religious functions written on the old tibetan wooden slips.