红山文化为代表的中国文明起源之路

Hongshan Culture Represented by the Origin of Chinese Civilization of Hongshan Culture

巫术是原始社会的一种重要文化现象。巫具有"通神之能",在史前社会,巫术在人们的信仰和行动中占据着主导地位,巫要具备"智"、"圣"、"明"、"聪"之才德,由此决定了巫的社会地位。中国文明起源的路径可以概括为:"由巫而王"、"由祀而礼",这一路径在红山文化那里能够得到验证。红山文化已处于由"巫"向"王"过渡的前夜。作为后世中华文明的重要内容——礼和礼制虽然成型于周代,但其渊源可追溯到红山文化那里。

Witchcraft is an important cultural phenomenon in the primitive society. Wizard has ability of communicating with deity, in prehistoric society; witchcraft in people＇s beliefs and actions is dominant and wizard has talent and morality, its wisdom, keen intelligence and excellent judgment, bright and faculty of hearing, thus determines the social status of the wiz- ard. The origin of Chinese civilization path can be summarized as by wizard and king, by fete and ritual, this path in the Hongshan culture there can be verified. Hongshan culture is in the wizard on the eve of the transition to a king. As the important content of Chinese civilization, is courtesy and ritual, although forming in the Zhou Dynasty, but its origins can be traced back to the Hongshan culture.