世界遗产视野中的中国五岳  

WU-YUE IN CHINA UNDER THE VIEW OF WORLD HERITAGE

作　　者：阙维民[1] 谢凝高[1] 陈耀华[1] 宋峰[1] 王连勇[1] 刘业成[1] 

机构地区：[1]北京大学城市与环境学院,北京100871

出　　处：《人文地理》2009年第4期26-31,共6页Human Geography

摘　　要：中国五岳,是东岳泰山、南岳衡山、西岳华山、北岳恒山与中岳嵩山五座中国历史文化名山的总称,是中国历史时期王朝疆域版图的核心之域;是统一疆域王朝的君主巡狩四方的禅天封地之处;也是各种宗教世界观的融会之地与三教九流的合一之所。是中华民族共同的国家历史文化记忆,是最具中国历史文化品位的圣山组群。中国五岳具有悠久的历史文化,留下了丰富的历史文献资料。本文在阐述了五岳之通名"岳"的来历、五岳名称与位置的历史变迁、五岳的地理区位、五岳的五行道家文化、五岳的人化与神化等,在此历史文化地理背景的基础上,以世界遗产的视野,着重探讨了五岳的遗产价值:除圣山组群的极品、国家统一的象征、三教九流的兼容外,还包括人地和谐的典范、古代科技的展现、中外交流的贡献、天工巧斧的景观、地壳演化的记录与珍稀植物的家园。作为全球最高品味的圣山组群,中国五岳入录世界遗产名录,将更好地向世界展示中国的五岳文化。WU-YUE（Five Mountains, referring to the Five Sacred Mountains in China）,the general term for five Historic Mountains including Mt. Tai in the east, Mt. Heng in the south, Mt. Hua in the west, Mt. Heng in the north and Mt Song in the center of China, was the core area of dynasties＇ territory in China, the site for the emperor who unified the territories to inspect locals and to offer sacrifices to heaven ＆ earth, the place merging different religions over the world, the common memory for national history and culture by Chinese nationality, and the sacred mountain group with high-quality of Chinese history ＆ culture. There are plentiful historical documents about the WU-YUE, such as papers, poets and Chinese traditional paintings, etc., which recorded the long historical changes in culture and tradition of WU-YUE areas. Based on the analysis of historical changes of WU-YUE＇s names, their locations, and the characteristics of the cultures and religions of WU-XING, this paper discusses the outstanding universal values of WU-YUE from the perspective of World Heritage. Besides, the paper argues that, as the most sacred mountain group in China, WU-YUE have the great significance in China＇s unification and mergence of different religions in China. The outstanding universal values of these five mountains include the model of harmony between human ＆ nature, exhibition of ancient science ＆ technology, contribution to communication between China and foreign countries, picturesque natural landscape, record of geological evolution, as well as homeland for rare ＆ precious plants. The authors argue that it would be of significance to exhibit Chinese culture to the World, if WU-YUE, as one of the highest quality of Sacred Mountains Group over the World, could be inscribed into the list of World Heritage by UNESCO.

关 键 词：五岳 世界遗产 遗产价值 

分 类 号：K928.3[历史地理—人文地理学]