从大足石刻造像“牧牛图”看体育活动中的牛文化

Cattle Culture in Sports Activities Viewed from the Cattle Herding of Dazu Stone Carving

牛文化是中国传统文化的重要组成部分.牛文化对于我国的体育活动产生了深远的影响.体育活动中包含了众多牛的元素.采用文献资料、田野调查等方法对大足宝顶山石刻造像中的牧牛图龛造像进行研究发现:牧牛道场的造像中刻画了牧人从训牛到与牛心灵相惜的全过程,其意义透射出来体育活动中的牛文化内涵,为研究古代体育的发展与牛文化提供了重要的理论依据.

Cattle culture as an important part of traditional Chinese culture has a profound influence on the sports activities in China. Sports activities include many elements of cattle. Through literature and field investigation, a study of the statue of cattle herding of Dazu Stone Carving has been made and results show that the statue of cattle herding indicates the whole process from the herdsman＇s training of cattle to the soul attraction between the herdsman and the cattle, which reflects the cattle culture in sports activities and provides important theoretical basis for the study of the development of ancient sports and cattle culture.