庙底沟文化与天鼋

Miaodigou Culture and Tian-Yuan

在庙底沟文化中,有一类以爬行动物龟、蛙为母题的动物图案,学者少有论及。在殷周金文中,有一图形文字,上部为双腿分开的人形,下部为四肢展开的龟或蛙形,古文字学家多释作“天鼋”或“天黾”。郭沫若认为:“其■字当即‘天鼋’,盖古之轩辕氏也。”此说甚是。金文■与庙底沟文化彩陶瓮腹部人提龟奔走图案像极,两者当有传承,庙底沟文化龟蛙类图案之母题即是龟之大者--鼋。天鼋--轩辕氏为传说时代黄帝部族最常见的名号,庙底沟文化为黄帝部族的物质遗存。

In Miaodigou Culture,there was a kind of motif consisting of reptile patterns,such as a turtle,or a frog,that had rarely been studied by researchers.In the bronzeware inscription,there was a pictograph,the upper part of which was a human figure with two legs split apart and the lower part a turtle or a frog with four limbs stretched-a pattern that had been identified as"Tian Yuan"(Heaven Turtle)or"Tian Mian"(Heaven Frog)by most ancient philologists.Guo Moruo claimed that"this pictograph means'Tian Yuan',which actually implies the ancient Xuanyuan Clan".This is quite true.The pictograph ■ in the bronzeware inscription was so similar to the pattern of a running man holding a turtle,printed on the body of a painted potter,in the Miaodigou Culture,that it can be reasonably assumed that there should have been an inherent relationship between them.The motif comprised of the turtle and frog pattern in the Miaodigou Culture shall be the biggest turtle"Yuan"."Tian Yuan",or"Xuan Yuan Shi"was a common name of the Yellow Emperor Clan during the Legendary Period,and then remains of Miaodigou Culture should be the ancient material relics of the Yellow Emperor Clan.