龟文化与中国传统建筑

本文探讨世界各地的龟文化,特别研究了中国古代龟文化产生的原因,是因为龟有天、地、人之象,上古轩辕黄帝族以龟为图腾,易卦起源于龟腹甲上的构纹,龟长寿,有顽强的生命力,因此,龟成为中国古代四灵之一。文中还探讨了龟形建筑、村镇和城市及其文化内涵。

This paper explores the culture of tortoise worship in the world,and particularly researches on the reason why the culture of tortoise-worship was produced in ancient China.The answer is of the follows:Tortoise has a image of both the Heaven,Earth and Man;the clan of Huangdi Emperor had a totem of tortoise;the origin of divinatory symbols of Yi is of the veins of abdominal shell of tortoise;tortoise has a long life and great vitality;tortoise was one of the four sacred animals.Buildings,villages,towns and cities with the shape of turtle are explored and their cultural connotation is discussed.