Examining the Tomb Contracts during Tang,Song and Yuan Period from Fujian Province

福建地区所出唐宋元时期买地券,颇可反映若干制度、地理、葬俗、契约体式以及民间信仰之情形。根据今见买地券资料,可推知唐宋元时期福建地区的文化既受到中原文化的深刻影响,又一直保持其自身特点。买地券是买地人(亡人或其家人)作为立契人,与地下鬼神订立的、以购买地下土地所有权或使用权为主旨的契约;而现世实用土地买卖契约,则是以卖地人作为立契人、以出卖本属自己的田宅所有权为主旨的,主要表现为卖地契。The tomb contracts during Tang,Song and Yuan period that been discovered in Fujian region,may reflect the situation about the bureaucratic systems,administrative maps,funeral customs,contract type and the folk beliefs in Fujian region.According to the information from the tomb contracts,we realized that the culture in Fujian region during Tang,Song and Yuan period had been deeply affected by the culture from Central Plains,and had maintained its own characteristics.The tomb contracts are the buying leases that the buyers(the deceaseds or their families) as contractor,for purchasing land ownership or right,to make a contract with the underground ghosts.The present practical land contracts are the land sale contracts that the sallers,for selling the ownership of dwellings of land,to make a contract with the buyers