略论洛阳作为丝绸之路的东端起点

A Study on Luoyang as the East Start of Silk Road

鲁迅先生曾经说过:"其实地上本没有路,走的人多了,也便成了路"。丝绸之路便是这样一条横跨亚欧的文化之路,在中国的民族关系以及对外交往的历史上起到了不可替代的作用。关于丝路的东方起点一直存在争议,究竟是长安还是洛阳?随着研究的深入及申遗的进行,官方已经确认洛阳为丝绸之路的东方起点,但学界对这一问题仍有不同的声音。本文试通过古代文献、出土墓志铭、碑文以及出土及传世器物三个方面为洛阳作为丝绸之路东方起点提供例证。第一部分为丝绸之路的概述,以及理论和现实意义;第二部分主要是介绍洛阳的历史地位、文化地位以及"大遗址保护洛阳高峰论坛"召开的现实意义;第三部分通过古代文献、出土墓志铭、碑文以及出土及传世器物三个方面来充分证明洛阳作为丝绸之路的东方起点当之无愧。

Lu Xun once wrote in his book,“There is no road on the ground. The more people walk, the road it becomes.” The Silk Road is a cultural road across Asian and European continents. It played an irre-placeable role in the national and foreign relationship in Chinese history. There is a long-standing debate on the starting point of the Silk Road about whether it was Chang＇an or Luoyang. With the development of re-search and the world cultural heritage application, it is officially recognized that Luoyang is the east start point of the Silk Road. However, there is still some different opinion in academic world. This paper pro-vides examples to illustrate Luoyang＇s east staring point from ancient literature, unearthed epitaph and ancient artifacts. The first part is a general overview of the Silk Road and the theoretic and realistic signifi-cance. The second part is an introduction to the historic and cultural position of Luoyang, as well as the practical significance of “Summit on Protection of Big Historic Sites”. The third part studies the ancient lit-erature, unearthed epitaph and scripts and ancient artifacts, thus illustrating that Luoyang is undoubtedly the east starting point of the Silk Road.