南阳汉画像石楚文化特征突出的原因

The Analysis of the Prominent Characteristics of Chu Culture in Nanyang Han-Dynasty Stone Reliefs

南阳是我国汉画像石出土数量最多的地区之一。有学者注意到南阳汉画像石中突出的楚文化特征,认为南阳地区故属楚国,因而受楚文化熏陶至深。实则自战国后期秦统治南阳地区开始,当地文化面貌已逐渐发生本质变化。南阳汉画像石的楚文化特征主要源自秉承楚文化余绪的汉文化,同南阳地区故属楚国并无很深关联。

Nanyang is one of the areas with the largest number of Han-Dynasty stone reliefs unearthed in China.Some scholars have noticed the prominent Chu cultural traits or elements on the Han-Dynasty stone reliefs in Nanyang.Believing that the Nanyang area belonged to the State of Chu during the Warring States Period(475-221 BC),they conclude that Nanyang had been under a huge influence of the Chu culture.In fact,since the Qin Empire(221 to 206 BC.)ruled Nanyang in the late Warring States Period,the local culture had undergone gradual changes.However,the prominent Chu cultural properties as seen on the Han-Dynasty stone reliefs in Nanyang were mainly derived from the Han culture that inherited the Chu culture,which have no deep connection with the fact that Nanyang once belonged to the Chu State in the Warring States Period(475-221 BC).