古代西域地区“含币”葬俗简论

摘要

丧葬习俗是人类社会特有的文化表达，它标示着人类的生命价值和文化本性。近年来，古代西域地区发现了众多同内地同一时期相似，甚至相同的含币葬俗。虽然西域地区的葬俗在墓葬内容上同内地有所区别，但没有确凿的证据证实两者之间的师承关系，所以只能说人类文化在某些方面具有某种共同性或相通性。%As a cultural expression of human society,burying customs indicate the human life values and cultural essentials.In recent years,the findings in ancient western regions show the burying cus-tom of"holding coins in mouth"is similar or even same as that in inland areas and during the same pe-riod of time.The burying customs in western regions are different from that in the inland in terms of burying contents,and there is no authentic evidence for the inheritance relationship between them two;therefore,human cultures have some universals or something in common in certain aspects.