炎帝与龙文化

Yan Di and Dragon Culture

《帝王世纪》等古籍称炎帝与龙关系密切,是其母感应“神龙首”后所生;流传于陕西、湖南等地的一些民间传说或直称炎帝为龙,或言炎帝死后化为赤龙。何光岳等学者考证炎帝为伏羲女娲的直系后裔,而伏羲女娲有“龙祖”之称。考古发现的属于新石器时代的龙塑、龙纹,为炎帝族崇拜龙提供了佐证。龙的文化精神可概括为“容合(兼容、包容、宽容,综合、整合、化合之简称)、福生、谐天、奋进”,炎帝精神与龙的精神具有同一性。对炎帝文化,可从史实、人文两个方面来考察,史实炎帝是人文炎帝的生发点和基础,但不能代替人文炎帝;人文炎帝可以包括史实炎帝,是华夏儿女引以为自豪和骄傲的精神圣殿,是龙的传人世世代代都要高高举起的一面大旗。

There have been records about the close relationship between Yan Di and dragon in ancient books. Folk lores from Shaanxi and Hu＇ nan say that Yan Di is directly named dragon or Yan Di becomes a red dragon after death. Scholar HE Guang - yue proves that Yan Di is a descendant of Fu Xi NV Wa who is viewed as the ancestor of dragon. Statues and veins of dragon in new- stone age indicate Yan Di＇ s worship for dragon. The dragon spirit of compatibility, tolerance and conformity has a lot in common with Yan Di spirit which may be studied both historically and humanistically among which historical Yan Di is the basis of humanistic Yan Di while humanistic Yan Di including historical Yan Di is the sacred and proud spirit of Chinese nation throughout the ages.