封禅起源新探

A New Research into the Origin of Fengchan

封禅专指中国古代帝王在泰山举行的祭祀天地神祇的仪式,在中国古代文化史上有着重要地位。通过分析封禅的几个基本特征对封禅起源问题进行了新的探索,认为封禅的产生是多源的,五德终始说是其理论依据,原始的宗教祭祀是它产生的基础,儒教、道教与其相互影响渗透,帝王的巡狩制度、禅让制度丰富了它的内涵,山川崇拜活动确定了其仪式的基本形制。

Fengchan refers specifically to the ceremony in ancient China in which emperors worship the God of Heaven and Earth in Mount. Tai and it plays an important role in ancient Chinese cttltural history. Through the analysis of several features of Fengchan the present article explores the origin of Fengchan, indicating that Fengchan developed in different ways. Theory of five virtues is its theoretical base and primitive religious rites are the basis of its production; Confucialism and Daoism influence on each other and communicate with each other; Emperors＇patrolling system and abdication system enrich its connotation; mountain worshiping activities determine the basic institution of its rites.