旦八镇名探源

The Etymologize of Danba

陕北地区是多民族历史文化交融区域,至今仍有一些特殊姓氏和地名保留着历史时期多民族活动的文化印记。今志丹县旦八镇名称中的“旦八”一词,本为藏语,可作名词、形容词,意为“正士、善友、圣人、圣贤”,“真、善、正确、优越、最上”或“佛教”等,并可引申为“谨严、紧密”等意。“旦八”一名充满浓厚的佛教文化气息,这与吐蕃人、吐谷浑人、党项人迁居陕北、崇尚佛教的历史文化息息相关。旦八镇附近的城台石窟、何家洼石窟及其造像题记,就是这种文化活动的真实反映。

The Northern part of Shaanxi province is an area with multiracial history and culture,where still retain some special surnames and place names,marked the multi-ethnic activities in different history periods.Today,the word“Danba”as a town name of Zhidan county,was originally from the Tibetan vocabulary“Dunbar”,which can be used as a noun or adjective,meaning“justice,friendly,sages,saint”,“真、善、正确、优越、最上、最殊胜”or“Buddhism”,also can be extended to the meaning of“strict,tight and firm”.Danba,the place full of strong buddhist culture,is closely related to the migration of peoples of Tibetan,Tuyuhun and Tangut,who moved to northern Shaanxi and advocated the culture of Buddhism in history.The inscriptions and statues of Chengtai and Hejiawa grottoes near Danba town,can also reflect this cultural activity.