江川神鱼泉

在江川县城北面徐家头村内，有一口几百年来颇具传奇色彩的神奇泉眼井，井有青鱼数尾，十分神奇引人，故名叫“神鱼泉”。     

媒神高禖崇拜

一提到媒神,人们就会想起月老,其实,我国最早的媒神是高禖。在中国传统婚姻文化中,婚姻中介经过了由高禖到民间媒妁这样一个漫长而曲折的历史发展过程。原始社会人们对婚姻的概念还很模糊,但男女结合后能生育子女却是实有的     

巨石建筑之精神诠释——史前先民的审美与娱神之一

史前先民所具有的审美观,完全来自内在的精神因素——宗教感情:由祭祀、祈盼而生发的对外部世界的渴求,因人的渺小、脆弱而把对神的虔诚崇拜转变为自身精神的强悍,继而导致人性的集中释放,以之抚慰灵魂的孤寂与躁动。这就是巨石建筑的重要成因。这种宗教与审美相伴的美学史,一直从史前文化开始,在人类的精神世界中延续了数千年。     

“发烧”与“发烧友”

“发烧”和“发烧友”这两个词语时下相当流行。日前在某杂志上曾读到一篇谈“发烧”一词的文章，作者认为“发烧友”中“发烧”之说是“发烧”原义的引申义：“‘发烧’一词原义是体温增高，是疾病的一种症状，也说‘发热’。现在已经出现了引申义     

三星堆文化的太阳神崇拜——从古蜀金器“人头、鸟、鱼和羽箭”母题图案谈起

三星堆和金沙商周祭祀坑分别出土的金杖、金冠带,都是古蜀国王祭祀太阳神时使用的法器。上面的“人头”是太阳的象征,“鸟”是“日精”和“阳气”的象征。“鱼”是黑暗和阴气的象征,“羽箭”是阳光升腾的象征。这则以“人头、鸟、鱼和羽箭”为母题的图案是一幅展示太阳上升、阴气消退的生动图式。三星堆祭祀坑出土的青铜神树是神话传说中“扶桑”的象征,大型立人青铜像是太阳神帝俊及古蜀先祖的象征。三星堆和金沙祭祀坑出土的大量文物,都是古蜀先民祭祀“日出入”活动的遗存,也是中国古代太阳神崇拜最为典型的实物见证,具有重要意义。     

“大一统”并非儒家学者的编造

据司马迁《史记&;#183;五帝本纪》，早在远古黄帝时期我国已经形成了大统一局面。因为：(一)经过大规模的部落战争，如炎、黄，、帝与蚩尤之战，炎、黄二帝之战，其后“天下有不顺者，黄帝从而征之。平者去之，披山通道，未尝宁居”，说明黄帝已经建立全国性部落大联盟，大统一不但是可能，而且是必然的。“披山通道”，说明已经建立交通管理网络；     

儒学中的“和”

一“和”与”同”谈到“和”的思想,首先要讲“和”与“同”;和是与同相对的概念。     

说“狼烟”

“狼烟”，《辞海》、《辞源》均释为取狼粪所燃之烽烟，似已成不易之论。而笔在翻检史书时，却发现“狼烟”一词别有他义，今试予以阐释。     

Kaiping Diaolou and VillagesA Fusion of Chinese and Western Structural and Decorative Forms简

On June 28, 2007, approved by the 31st World Heritage Committee held inChristchurch, New Zealand, Kaiping Diaolou and villages were inscribed in the World Heritage List and became the 35th world heritage in China. They were also the first Chinese world heritage that reflects the culture of overseas Chinese. In fact, as early as June 25, 2001,     

Latins and Georgians and the Crusader Kingdom

Partly because the First Crusade had weakened the Seljuk Sultanate in 1097–1099, David III of Georgia was able to extend his power over much of the Caucasus. The rulers of the Crusader States who stood in need of Eastern Christian allies sought to co-operate with him. Yet although some Western knights served in his army, the practical difficulties of co-ordinating joint action against the Islamic powers of north Syria and Anatolia in the twelfth century proved insuperable. In the thirteenth century the Georgian crown offered an alliance to the leaders of the Fifth Crusade: their forces would attack the northern provinces of the Ayyūbid Empire while the crusaders were invading Egypt. This strategy was sound, but the rise of the Mongol Empire prevented it from being implemented. Nevertheless, the desire for military collaboration between Georgia and the Western powers persisted until the mid-fifteenth century.     

Goals and achievement orientations of anglo and mexican-american adolescents in sport and the classroom

The purpose of this study was to analyze the definitions of success and failure (achievement goals) and preferred means to goal attainment (achievement orientations) among male and female Anglo and Mexican-American high school students I athletes in sport and the classroom. Based on a recent conceptualization of achievement motivation, it was assumed that definitions of success and failure could be equated to personal characteristics, behaviors, or outcomes and reflect an emphasis on either effort or ability. Further, it was assumed that there are two major achievement orientations: In one, the means to goal attainment entail social comparison; in the second, goal attainment is processed according to mastery criteria. Results revealed cultural and sex differences in athletic goals. Anglo males were more likely to define sport success in terms of ability while Anglo females and Mexican-American athletes tended to equate athletic success to the demonstration of effort. The reverse was true for sport failure—Anglo males emphasized low effort while the other groups stressed low ability. Variations in preferred achievement orientations were also revealed. For example, in the athletic setting, females showed the least preference for sport success which reflected on the individual and involved social comparison. Males indicated the least preference for individual-oriented, social comparison-based athletic failure.