历史和神话双重视野中的连云港海洋文明

受西方海洋文明中心论的影响，中国沿海城市的文明形态长期受制于陆地农耕文明的理论框架。从考古学、历史学角度对连云港城市文明“物质遗存”进行考查，证实了本土海洋文明的历史存在；而通过神话传说、文学作品对连云港城市文明“精神遗存”的透视，则进一步澄明了连云港海洋文明形态的客观存在。在如此双重视野中对连云港海洋文明进行阐释，可以更为客观全面地了解一个城市乃至一个民族文明形态的发生和发展。

Marine Civilization of Lianyungang from a Historical and Mythical Perspective

Influenced by the Western marine civilization, the cultural forms of China＇s coastal cities have been under the constraint of theoretical frame of in-land agricultural culture for a long period. This paper verifies the existence of ancient local culture through investigating on the material heritage of Lianyungang from the aspects of archeology and history, and further demonstrates the existence of Lianyungang＇s marine culture by probing into its spiritual heritage through myths, legends and literary works. Analysis of Lianyungang＇s marine civilization under such a dual perspective can provide a wider and more objective view to the formation and development of a city or even a nation＇s Cultures.