仰韶文化刻齿骨片与云南少数民族记事木刻比较

A Comparison between the Jagged Carving Bone of Yangshao Civilization and the Carving Wood of Yunnan Ethnic Groups

契刻是文字产生之前的一种常见的记事方式,与文字的产生有密切的关系。古代汉文典籍对契刻记事有记录,但具体情况并不清楚。考古发现仰韶文化刻齿骨片当是上古契刻记事的遗留之一,但刻齿的含义也不得而知。云南许多少数民族都有刻木记事的习俗,丰富多样的记事木刻为认识上古契刻记事提供了很好的参证。

Carved symbols,as the old way of record,relate closely to the emergence of characters.Descriptions of carved symbols in ancient Chinese books and records are discovered but more details are absent.Carved bones in jagged shape of Yangshao civilization are found to be relics of carving symbol for record in ancient times though the meaning of the carving is not clear.Many ethnic groups in Yunnan have the custom of recording by carving wood,which provides good evidence to the analysis of the carvings in ancient times.