木叶山传说刍议

On the Legend of Muyeshan

契丹是由东部鲜卑族群分化而出的民族,其先人奇首可汗与控制潢河流域的霫民族曾以联姻方式结成联盟,对契丹民族发展壮大产生了重要影响。木叶山是该历史事件的见证地,因而成为契丹民族标志性的文化符号。辽代木叶山祭祀是血缘文化和地缘文化的复合体,体现了契丹文化的转型轨迹。综合分析历史文献对永州、木叶山、冬捺钵(含春秋捺钵)自然环境和相互之间区位空间关系的描述,以及辽历朝皇帝出行活动的记录,史书中的所谓“二水合流”只是泛指的空间,并非精确的地理概念,永州城、木叶山并不在潢水(西拉木伦河)、土河(老哈河)汇流处,辽木叶山应位于今内蒙古翁牛特旗乌敦套海镇北部或西北方向50千米左右的某地。

Khitay were a people originally from the ethnic Xianbei in the East.Its first khan Qishou united with Xi people who controlled Huang River Basin by way of marriage alliance,which had important influence on the development of Khitay.Muyeshan,the place of this historical event,has become the cultural symbol of Khitay.The sacrifice of Muyeshan in Liao dynasty was a complex of blood culture and geographical culture,which reflected the transformation track of Khitan culture.In terms of the comprehensive analysis of the historical documents on the description of the natural environment of Yongzhou City,Muyeshan,Winter Nabo(including Spring and Autumn Nabo)and the geographical spatial relationship between each other,as well as the Liao emperors’travel records,the so-called“two-river confluence”in historical documents only refers to a general space rather than a precise geographical concept.Yongzhou and Muyeshan are not at the confluence of Huangshui(Xar Moron River)and Tuhe(Laoha River).Liao Muyeshan should be located in the north or about 50km northwest of Oden Tohoi,Ongniud Banner of Inner Mongolia.