The Points·Line·Surface

The number "seven" is a worldwide symbol, which acts as an important cultural symbol, embodies the space of the universe and its laws governing the operation of perceptual knowledge. The number "seven" is expressed in different forms in many ethnic cultures in Europe and Asia, reflecting the psychological characteristics of various ethnic groups and patterns of thought. For a long time, domestic and foreign academics from archeology, folklore, mythology, religion, and other side of the number "seven" the appearance of this cultural characteristics and significance. This paper aims archaeological, historical, ethnic, folk and religious literature, and the number "seven" relevant material as possible to conduct a comprehensive collection, induction, consolidation and analysis, comprehensive survey of the number "seven" in the history and culture of Eurasia performance, explore its original mode of thinking. With the number "seven" relevant archaeological, historical, ethnic, folk material, found the situation is different in different regions, showed a punctate distribution, from the number "seven," the spatial and temporal distribution and cultural context of investigation, there is bound to spread between them and evolution of relationship that mostly linear form presented, when the number "seven" of worship, beliefs and taboos penetrate to a particular national culture and cultural circles, the number "seven" Faith culture is experiencing a come forward like distribution forms. So, I will study the topic as "dot· line· plane" in an attempt to reveal the number "seven" worship culture in the spatial and temporal distribution of the entire Eurasian continent. From Eurasia to see the number "seven" worship found in different periods, different regions, different nations and different cultures, so the number "seven" cultural phenomenon worship space is intercultural communication history and cultural phenomenon.Comprehensive academic "Seven" in a variety of symbolic meaning, I try to make some of their own inferences. On the number "seven" worship origins in prehistoric times, the relevant theoretical knowledge in the comprehensive features and archaeological remains archaeological history, the original human beings give this number to the divine and supernatural power, and prehistoric human thinking awareness of the symbol of the cosmic space-time order, the law of the celestial bodies, the human life growth law. Subsequently, the number "seven" worship culture, open spread in astronomy, geography, medicine, religion, folklore, has become a symbol of the universe, and may be given the number "seven" different symbolic meaning in different cultures. Tracing the source,"Seven" in worship and beliefs, people in the history of the product of the combination of these three factors of the order of the universe, the laws of celestial bodies and the human life growth law. From the Historical Anthropological possible to speculate that:three interconnected factors under the laws of nature, and the number "seven" may symbolize the laws of nature.The article is divided into six parts:the first part is an introduction, the main articles of the background and significance, the theoretical basis of the core definition of the concept papers and research methods. The second part of the "river culture" as a clue, the number "seven" in the archaeological excavations embodied according to these cultural phenomena found in Xinjiang’s major archaeological analysis of the number "seven" symbolic meaning in ancient times. Third part connected to the first part of the analysis of original belief that prehistoric man may exist to explore nature worship, Christian doctrine, Buddhist teachings and the teachings of Islam in the number "seven" cultural expressions. Part IV before religious culture "Seven", the idea to the religious culture daily life impact of its believers and consolidated domestic and foreign ethnic folk culture, collation and analysis of these cultures the number "seven" cultural expressions, explore the respective culture geared to the number "seven" according to its symbolic significance, and come to worship and awe "the number seven is thinking characteristic of mankind in the world". Part V summarizes the analysis of the previous part of the symbolic meaning of the number "seven", the first from the theory of Ethnology culture and its symbolic "and" cultural change "to explore the digital" Seven "Communication and heritage. Then from the three aspects of the temporal order of the universe, the laws of celestial bodies, the human life growth law to explore the symbolic connotation of the number seven. Part VI of the full text summarized and concluded:the order of the universe, the laws of celestial bodies, human life and body growth pattern of three interconnected factors under the laws of nature, digital "Seven" reflects the culture that is ancient human understanding the laws of nature, a culture, it has become a common belief in the world of human thought and awe continue to spread and heritage sacred number.