试论辽代社会的龙文化

On the Dragon Culture of the Liao Dynasty

辽代对于龙的崇拜主要体现在以龙为地名、将龙融入礼仪、以龙命名职官和军队以及广泛运用龙纹等诸多方面。对于龙的推崇,表明辽代社会已经形成了一种龙文化,而这种文化在辽代主要具有象征皇权和寓意吉祥两种内涵。辽代的龙文化虽然是承袭自中原文化,但并非生搬硬套,而是融入了契丹自身文化色彩,这使其形成了自身特色。辽代社会的龙文化是中华龙文化的重要组成部分,是契丹民族与中原民族交往交流交融在文化上的具体体现。

The worship of dragons in the Liao Dynasty was mainly reflected in many aspects,such as using dragons as place names,incorporating dragons into etiquette,naming officials and armies after dragons,and widely using dragon patterns.The reverence for dragons indicates that a dragon culture had already formed in the Liao Dynasty,which mainly had two connotations:symbolizing imperial power and symbolizing auspiciousness.Although the dragon culture of the Liao Dynasty was inherited from the Central Plains culture,it did not blindly apply it,but integrated the cultural characteristics of the Khitan people,which formed its own unique dragon culture of the Liao Dynasty.The dragon culture in the Liao Dynasty is an important part of the Chinese Loong culture,which is the cultural embodiment of the exchanges and exchanges between the Qidan people and the Central Plains people.