浅论汉族的起源  

A Brief Study on the Origin of Han Nationality

作　　者：徐亦亭[1] 

机构地区：[1]中央民族大学期刊社,北京100081

出　　处：《中央民族大学学报（哲学社会科学版）》2003年第3期59-64,共6页Journal of Minzu University of China(Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition)

摘　　要：　汉族是当今世界上人口最多的民族,生活在中国南方的汉族与中国北方的汉族,在生产生活、习俗文化,甚至在体貌、方言等方面,都有着十分明显的差异。这些黄皮肤、黑头发的人群,共同尊奉着炎帝和黄帝为自己的始祖,自称是"炎黄子孙";他们以传说中的"龙",作为祖先崇拜的图腾,称呼自己是"龙的传人";他们不无自豪地承认自己是汉族。按照历史唯物主义的观点,对有关传说做科学的分析,可以窥测到传说时代汉族先民的多元起源,及其初始的族体就是由滨海和湖泽地区的渔猎者、沿江河流域拓展的农耕者、从半农半牧转入定居的农耕者,以及从狩猎过渡成的农耕者融会而成,并且共同步入稳持发展的农耕经济文化。这也许就是汉族能够成为世界上人口最多、分布广泛民族的根本原因。Han nationality is a nationality with the most people in the world today.There are clear differences in the Hanss productions,lives,folklore cultures,bodily forms and dialects between the South and the North.The ethnic groups with yellow skin and black hair commonly respect Emperor Huang and Emperor Yan as their own first ancestors,and regard dragons in legends as their own totem.They recognize that they belong to Han nationality with a sense of pride.Through scientific analysis on relative legends according to historical materialism,we can look at diversified origins of Hanss ancients and their original ethnic groups.Hanss original ethnic groups were mixed with fishermen and hunters in regions beside lakes and the sea,farmers reaching along valleys of rivers,farmers of settlement from semi\|agriculture and semi\|husbandry,and farmers evolving from hunting.They walked into the culture of agricultural economy of steady and continuous development together.These aforementioned factors could be the basic cause,because of which Han nationality has become a nationality with the most people and wide\|ranging population distribution in the world.

关 键 词：汉族 起源 传说时代 先民 历史 

分 类 号：C951[社会学—民族学]