西域宽刃剑与中西文化交流

Broad Swords in the Western Regions and Cultural Exchange between China and the West

在新疆龟兹石窟壁画中多次出现一种宽刃剑,其形象亦曾出现在犍陀罗、中亚和河西走廊、西藏、云南、中原的艺术作品中。在新疆的出土文物中曾发现其痕迹,在犍陀罗和大夏亦曾出土宽刃剑。上述各地的宽刃剑具有明显的亲缘性,即新疆宽刃剑源于犍陀罗宽刃剑,而犍陀罗宽刃剑又源于希腊、罗马宽刃剑。这是丝绸之路上中西文化交流的反映,为研究古代中西文化的广泛交流提供了又一实例。

The images of a type of broad sword have been found in mural paintings in the Qiuci grottoes in Xinjiang. Such images also appear in art works from Gandhara, Central Asia, the Gansu Corridor, Tibet, Yunnan, and the Central Plains in China. Signs of such a sword have been discovered in relics excavated in Xinjiang. Broad swords have also been unearthed in areas that used to be Gandhara and Kushan Empire. These broad swords bear obvious kinship： the swords excavated in Xinjiang were developed from those in Gandhara, which had their origin from Greco-Roman swords. The broad swords are an example of cultural exchange between China and the West along the Silk Road and provide evidence tbr the study of communication between China and the West in the ancient times.