东方金字塔 宁夏西夏王陵  

THE TOMBS OF WESTERN XIA KINGS:PYRAMID OF THE ORIENTAL

作　　者：杨新润 侯志刚 

出　　处：《中国西部》1998年第1期58-59,共2页Western China

摘　　要：在峰峦迭嶂的贺兰山东麓,有一处被外国客人誉为"东方金字塔"的游览胜地——西夏王陵区。它位于宁夏回族自治区首府银川市以西40公里处,东西约5公里,南北10公里,在50多平方公里的范围内,分布着9座西夏历代帝王的陵墓和140多座西夏官僚勋戚的陪葬墓。那一座座用黄土夯筑的陵台,高大雄伟,在阳光下金光灿灿,蔚为壮观。从公元1038年至1227年间,雄踞西北的少数民族王国大夏封建王朝,与宋、辽(金)三足鼎立,建都兴庆府(今银川市),统治地区"东尽黄河,The tombs of Western Xia's Kings,a tour resort heralded as the Pyramids of the Oriental,are 40 kilometres west of Yinchuan.Within the teritory of 50-odd km^2 are 9 king tombs of the Western Xia dynasties and 140-odd tombs of the nobilities. All these yellow-mud tombs glittering in the sun are each of the independent structurally:the pavillion,the gateway,the monument,the ulterior fence,the interior part, the contribute palace,the pagoda-like mourning platform and the immortal mur form an integrated group.The layout is always symmetric against the longitude.Thestyles are influenced by the kingly tombs of the Tang and the Song Dynastys,reflecting a close relationship between these cultures.

关 键 词：西夏王陵 金字塔 西夏王朝 银川市 陪葬墓 宁夏回族自治区 贺兰山东麓 少数民族 东方 历代帝王 

分 类 号：K878.8[历史地理—考古学及博物馆学]