明代辽东忠烈祠的修建与边疆文化特色

The Building of Liaodong Martyrs’ Shrines of Ming Dynasty and the Features of Frontier Culture

明代辽东为边疆地区,民族矛盾和冲突是普遍存在的现象。为褒奖英烈,更为激励士气,明朝政府在辽东修建很多忠烈祠,并把其纳入祀典之中。这种现象,不但明代以前没有,就是明代以后,也极为罕见。本文仅通过对忠烈祠有关记载的梳理,力图对这个问题有所说明。

Liaodong in Ming Dynasty was a frontier area, where national contradictions and conflicts were common phenomena. In order to reward the heroes and even more to inspire the courage of the soldiers, the government of Ming Dynasty built many Martyrs＇ Shrines in Liaodong. This phenomenon didn＇t exist not only in Ming Dynasty but also seldom appear later. This paper attempts to explain it by analyzing the records of Martyrs＇ Shrines.