匈奴民族特性与风俗文化论说——基于《史记》所载匈奴历史的解读

Research on the Hun's Nationality and Its Folk Culture Based on the Interpretation of the History of the Huns in Historical Records

《史记》是最早记载匈奴历史的史书。其记载主要集中在《匈奴列传》和其他篇目中。由于匈奴民族是以畜牧业游牧经济为主,狩猎经济为辅,所以形成了匈奴人崇尚武力征服的民族特性。匈奴独特的收继婚习俗,可以最大限度地保存宗嗣种族,使种族得以繁荣昌盛。以畜牧产品为主的饮食习俗,以皮革和裘皮为主的服饰习俗,以住穹庐为主的居住习俗等,既是匈奴人原生态的生活,又是他们别具一格的风俗文化。

Historical Records is the earliest historical book recording the Huns. The records are focused on The Biographies of the Huns and other chapters. For the Huns were mainly based on the husbandry and nomadic economy, supplemented by the hunting economy, it＇s the reason that the Huns advocated subjugation by force. The unique custom of levirate marriage in the Hun preserved the ethnic origin at best, to prosper the nation. The main food custom of the livestock products, clothing customs based on leather and fur, and the main living custom of the yurts were the Huns, primitive life and the unique folk culture as well.