从中华文明起源、形成和早期发展之维体认中华民族共同体意识

Understand the Sense of the Community of the Chinese Nation fro m the Dimension of the Origin,Formation and Early Development of Chinese Civil ization

“中华民族”称名中“中华”的最初意涵反映了中华文明起源、形成和早期发展阶段出现的“择中建都”“封邦建国”的政治实践,以及礼仪发展状况。在中华文明起源、形成的历程中,中华民族的先民们不但创造了多元文明,而且通过交往交流交融使中华文明从多元走向一体,这构成了中华民族的文明史记忆。中华文明起源阶段,黄帝部族集团的活动及其创造的文化,促进了中原地区文明要素的发展,也为夏商周时期中华文明的早期发展,以及秦汉时期开启大一统文明国家奠定了坚实的基础,黄帝文化成为中华文明的重要组成部分,对增强民族凝聚力和国家认同作用独特。

The original meaning of“Zhonghua(中华)”in the name of“Chinese nation”reflects the political practice of“choosing the middle to build a capital”and“establishing a state to build a nation”in the origin,formation and early development stage of Chinese civilization,as well as the development of etiquette.In the course of the origin and formation of the Chinese civilization,the ancestors of the Chinese nation not only created a diverse civilization,but also made the Chinese civilization move from diversity to unity through exchanges and integration,which constituted the memory of the Chinese nation’s civilization history.In the origin stage of Chinese civilization,the activities of the Huangdi(黄帝)group and the culture it created promoted the development of the elements of civilization in the Central Plains,laid a solid foundation for the early development of Chinese civilization in the Xia(夏),Shang(商)and Zhou(周)dynasties,and opened the stage of a unified civilized country in the Qin(秦)and Han(汉)dynasties.The culture of the Huangdi(黄帝)has become an important component of Chinese civilization,playing a unique role in enhancing national cohesion and identity.