西宁“虎台”的历史人类学考辨

On the Origin of "Tiger Stand" from the Historical-anthropological Viewpoint

"虎台"遗址(亦被称作南凉"点将台")是西宁古城的标志性建筑,明清以来对其归属多认为是南凉王秃发傉檀子(其名虎台)所筑,通过实地考察和梳理河湟地区的文献资料,借助历史人类学等学科的研究方法,认为西宁"虎台"遗址非南凉时期所建造的军事防御工程"点将台",而是汉至魏晋时期公共信仰建筑"祭祀坛"的历史遗孑。

The ruins of ＂Tiger Stand＂ （It is also called ＂Dianjiang Stand＂, a high terraced--stand on which generals inspected the army and gave Commands to the officers） is a landmark of Xining, the ancient city. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties,many scholars believed that King Tuofanutanzi of Southern Liang （his first name is Tiger Stand） had had it constructed. By means of field trips and studying the historical documents of the He,huang Regions from an anthropological viewpoint, this paper concludes that ＂Tiger Stand＂ in Xining was acturally the site of a public ＂Sacrifice Altar＂ during Han to Weijin Period instead of a military defence works.