从“巫、舞、雩”解说远古祭祀活动中的舞蹈

Explore Primitive Dancing through Three Chinese Characters "巫、舞、雩"

舞蹈是原始人类社会中最重要的活动,也最能体现原始人类的文化特征。作为一种原始宗教文化的发生,"巫"最初是以"舞"事"无形"者;而"舞"则是"巫"藉以事"无形"的唯一手段。此外,甲骨卜辞中的""字作为汉字中的"舞"的初形,可以认定是当时最主要的一种舞姿。本文试从原始文献典籍中对"巫""、舞"、"雩"三字的文字说解和例证来考察中国舞蹈文化的原始生成机制。

Dancing is one of the most important activities in primitive society which can prominently embody cultural features of human being. In the first beginning,Wu （Wizard） as an earliest primitive religion began in the form of dancing.Dancing served as the only means of communication between for God and man.In addition,in historical record carved in tortoise sheels and animal bones,＂雩 ＂as an initial form of Chinese eharateter ＂daneing＂,is a kind of main perfomance.In this essay,we shall find the historic backdrop of primitive dancing through expounding three Chinese characters namely＂巫＂、＂舞＂、雩＂.