中国大古都榷议

Discussion about the Great Ancient Capitals in China

我国疆域辽阔,历史悠久,民族众多,文化传承千年不衰。历史时期王朝演变、政权更替频繁,留下诸多的古都遗产,古都数量众多,目前已有八大古都。从20世纪90年代直到目前,关于"大古都"的认定、定义、评价标准,学界一直争议不断,尚未达成共识。通过梳理分析相关研究,认为对于大古都问题需深入全面开展古都学、大古都理论研究;科学制定古都评价标准;大古都与名都并存。大古都的认识是一个循序渐进、新陈代谢、自我超越的过程,随着相关学科专业的发展和良好机制的建构,大古都的评判将会更加理性严谨,科学合理,认定标准也将逐步趋于一致。

China has a vast territory with a long-standing history, many nationalities and thousands of years of cultural heritage. In the course of its long history, dynasties evolved and changed frequently, having left behind a lot of ancient capitals and heritages. There are now eight great ancient capitals. From the 1990s until now, controversy over the identification definition and evaluation standard of the great ancient capitals has been intensified among the academic circle. On the basis of the previous studies, this paper argues that this is- sue needs to be thoroughly studied in terms of the theoretical research, the establishment of the evaluation standard and the co-existence of the great ancient capitals and famous capitals. The understanding is a gradu- al, metabolic and self-transcendental process, with the development of the related disciplines and the construction of good mechanism, the evaluation of the great ancient capitals will be more rational, strict, scientific and reasonable. The evaluation standards will also be gradually in conformity.