中华民族起源神话考古研究百年回顾

20世纪早期以来,国内外考古学的不断发展与出土文物研究成果的陆续面世,推动中华民族起源神话研究取得了重大突破,尤其在汉民族起源神话的文明起源价值研究、少数民族起源神话的早期历史价值研究、民族起源神话的基本类型研究、中国始祖神的内涵研究、考古学的运用研究以及中国各民族之于起源神话的内在关系研究等领域,取得了较大的成绩。可以说,考古学的理论方法及其成果的运用,对中华民族起源神话研究具有创造性的贡献。

Centennial Review of the Archaeological Research on the Chinese National Origin Myth

Since the early 20th century,the continuous development of archeology at home and abroad and findings of the unearthed cultural relics have pushed forward the great breakthrough of the Chinese national mythological research,especially in the fields of the value study of the civilization origin in Han ethnic origin myth,the early historical value study of the minority origin myth,the basic type study of the national origin myth,the connotation study of the Chinese ancestor of god,the study of archaeological use as well as the study of the inherent relationship between various ethnic groups in China.In a word,the use of the archaeological theories and its achievements has made creative contributions to the study of the Chinese national origin mythology.