Dunhuang "Horse-riding" Historical Data Research

Dunhuang, is the Chinese nation ancient civilization symbol, is on the Silk Road the West cultural exchange key position.The area south of Yellow River civilization passes on by way of here to West, the Western civilization also spreads to the area south of Yellow River by way of here.Was precisely in this kind of geographical position distinctive quality has accomplished the Dunhuang bright culture.The Dunhuang fresco and the copy clerk surmounted the near millennium history, and turns yellow in the fine mural in the scroll sutra, our country ancient times sports culture some shapes lifelike have been preserved down.Because these literature and the historical data produce hand of in the masses, also has not passed through the writer literati's revision, therefore it was studies China ancient times the sports culture first material.The present paper belongs to the sports basic theory research, mainly by Dunhuang fresco and in copy clerk about"horse-riding"the sports culture and unifies other related historical data for the foundation to elaborate, sought the Chinese ancient times"the horse-riding"the movement cultural characteristic.Out of the papers in addition to the preamble and the post, is composed of four parts:First part, research object and method.The second part, affected the Chinese ancient times"the horse-riding"the movement factor, mainly from the geographical position, the productive labor, the military behavior and the entertainment leisure four aspects analyzed.The third part, Dunhuang"the horse-riding"the project culture characteristic, the project divides into"the horse-riding"fires from horseback, Ma Ji, the horse racing and the polo four items, and carries on the detailed elaboration from the age and the national two aspects.The fourth part, obtains conclusion:First, to form a highly unified national front.Hunting success rate increase, remain unbeaten necessary military operations is to have a high degree of harmonization of the conditions of combat capability. Nomadic in ancient China, summarized in the long-term life experience, only by establishing a highly unified nation tribe, is one succeed in all attacks, invincible people. From the historical data can be seen, nomadic peoples whether individual or collective, in the national worship of Totem, the national leaders and national heroes of height, maintaining the high unity of thought and action, strengthen the nation's solidarity and cohesion. Chinese ancient nomadic people in geographically isolated, in order to obtain a broader territorial and more fertile pasture of life, nomadic permeability in blood that kind of safeguarding national interests and national independence of spirit which makes them willing to do whatever it takes to fight constantly formed and developed into a spirit of national unity.Secondly, perseverance conducive to formation of national character.Nomads of northern China, famous brave tough call. Harsh living conditions, makes people on horseback with dauntless heroic spirit, developing his own survival and development of space. From found in historical records, to make such a brave and fearless generation of powerful, their education through daily life, making it a national lifestyle through military training, so that it becomes a national life skills through folk activities such as worship, making this the ethnic spirit. Hardworking, courage, perseverance has become an integral part of the nomadic spirit. Historical practice has proved that, once you lose that spirit, comfortable life, would be eliminated by history, was replaced by other peoples.Third, to form a Boda-inclusive national mind.Nomadic in ancient China from the beginning is a diversified national body, any death of a nation in the history and development, with the shadow of war. From the conquest to inclusion that assimilation and eventually evolved into a nation to another nation's national spirit of inclusion, absorb and Boda. Mutual learning, mutual tolerance, mutual opening of all nationalities, this form of casting chain their generous, open and broad national mind, also contributed to eventually become multi-ethnic country.Ⅳ, to develop a unique cultural creativity.Because of the geographical particularities of Dunhuang, Dunhuang equestrian culture has a distinct characteristics--the Central Plains tradition cultures at once and immediately combination of culture and cultural features of the western regions, that is, ethnic traditional cultures collide, exchanges, mutual tolerance that reflected the unique cultural characteristics. Is more than 5,000 years of history of ancient civilizations in China, with more than 5,000 years of history and culture of civilizations, the Central Plains culture while maintaining their own cultural characteristics, constantly critical lessons of the characteristics of a foreign culture, gradually formed critically inheriting and carrying forward the fine tradition of their own culture, side worse of essential lessons of foreign outstanding culture and continuously developed unique cultural creativity in the process.