略谈固原境内现存古长城及其构筑方式

宁夏固原境内现存有战国秦长城、宋壕堑、明代固原内边等不同时期修筑的长城遗迹,可见墙体近百公里。固原段的古长城,采用黄土夯筑、砂石混筑、劈山就险、自然山险等多种形式,形成了独具区域特色的构筑方式。     

从出土汉简看汉代羌族部族

羌族是自古生活在我国西北地区的少数民族。羌的部族构成比较复杂,史书上对其有所记载。20世纪出土的汉简中有一些关于羌族的简文,丰富了我们对汉代羌族的认识。特别是其中所反映的羌人部族,有的史有所载,有助于我们对相关历史的认识;有的为过去所未见,可以填补相关研究的空白。汉简中有关羌人部族的资料具有很高的研究价值。     

发挥宗教界人士和信教群众在促进经济社会发展中的积极作用

党的十七大报告明确指出：要全面贯彻党的宗教工作基本方针,发挥宗教界人士和信教群众在促进经济社会发展中的积极作用。这是积极引导宗教与社会主义社会相适应的新体现,不仅表明了党的宗教政策的连续性、稳定性,还赋予了宗教工作新的内涵,为我们全面客观地认识宗教、准确而科学地判定我国宗教发展的历史方位开辟了新的视域,其深刻的现实意义和深远的历史意义将会在实践中不断得以显现。     

从敦煌看佛教的社会化

序 伴随着历史的发展,学术观念需要不断更新,许多学术方面的问题也应该重新认识.这就算是我们近年来所说的与时俱进吧!与时俱进这个词反映的内容可能有一种消极和盲目,与我们讲的开拓进取是不太相符.但反过来讲,消极也好,盲目也好,总得先跟上时代的发展;另一方面,对于宗教来讲,与时俱进可以说是非常恰当和合理的.宗教如果不能适应时代的要求,就会被时代的发展所淘汰.     

日军大屠杀期间南京军民反抗问题研究

1937年12月,面对日军的猛烈进攻,南京守军在南京保卫战中进行了英勇的抵抗,显示了中国人民顽强不屈的精神。13日南京沦陷后,日军在城内进行了长达数周惨绝人寰的大屠杀。在南京沦陷后的最初几周内,南京军民面对日军的大屠杀暴行,进行了英勇的反抗,但这些反抗斗争行为,其特点表现为分散和无组织性。在城市沦陷后数周内,不仅中国军队未见有组织的游击或巷战发生,市民们也没有进行较为普遍和成规模的反抗,这无疑是受到当时的历史环境和条件制约的。对此问题进行进一步研讨,并不是为了抹煞中国军民在南京大屠杀过程中的反抗事迹,而是希望能更深入系统地了解和分析南京军民当时的应对状态以及相关背景和原因。     

北宋书院考证及其特点分析

北宋是书院发展的初级阶段,虽然多数书院的学田、藏书、祭祀、院规等并不完备,但对北宋社会的贡献功不可没。文章以地方志为主要史料来源,辅以文集、正史等材料,从微观和宏观两方面探求北宋书院的基本情况及其特点,可以说,北宋书院在教育史和学术研究上有着重要地位。     

郑州大师姑城址性质试探

郑州大师姑城址是一座夏代晚期古城。其性质既不是夏都斟寻,也非夏王朝东部的军事重镇,更与韦、顾等方国都城无关。根据考古资料和文献记载进行综合考察,我们认为它很有可能就是昆吾之城。     

《格萨尔王传》中英雄人物的命名

文有谋臣,武有良将,他们个个如猛虎咆哮,似霹雳震天,且看——《格萨尔王传》作为藏族人民献给世界文化艺术宝库中的一颗璀璨的明珠,时刻闪耀着智慧的光芒,当我们打开     

Seismic Behavior of L-Shaped RC Squat Walls under Various Lateral Loading Directions

Considerable progress has been made on the research of non-rectangular reinforced concrete (RC) squat walls over the past decades. However, the experimental data of L-shaped RC squat walls remain limited, especially for their seismic behaviors under non-principal bending actions. This paper presents an experimental and numerical investigation on L-shaped RC squat structural walls with an emphasis on how varying the directions of lateral cyclic loading influences the seismic responses of these walls. Four L-shaped specimens are tested under lateral cyclic displacements and low levels of axial compression The variables are axial loads and lateral loading directions. The performance of specimens is discussed in terms of cracking patterns, failure mechanisms, hysteretic responses, deformation components and strain profiles. Furthermore, three-dimensional finite element models are developed to supplement the experimental results. The direction of lateral loading is found to have a significant effect on the peak shear strength of L-shaped RC squat walls.     

Dressed ‘as if for a Carnival’: Solving the Mystery of the Origins of Children’s Fashion. A New Perspective on the History and Historiography of Children’s Dress

The article has a double focus: explaining the so-far obscure origins of children’s fashion in the later eighteenth century and putting its emergence in the context of the ‘grand narrative’ concerning the ‘discovery of childhood’ during this pivotal period. Contrary to Rousseau’s famous dismissal of the hussar suit, the role of ‘fancy dress’ inspiration in the development of children’s fashions for the first time purposefully meant to distinguish the (male) child from the grown-ups and, concurrent with the Enlightenment’s ideas on childhood, emerges as central rather than marginal. The repertory of styles adopted for boys’ wear is shown to have been inspired by various ethnic and historical dress traditions rooted in the fascination with masquerade characteristic of the Rococo culture but harnessed to express the emerging new attitudes. Among them, special attention is given to inspirations by Polish national dress.

Second, the article takes on the argument presented by Daniel Thomas Cook in his inspiring article in Textile History, 42, no. 1 (2011). Having acknowledged the foundational role of fashion history in the emergence of childhood studies, Cook regards its present status as peripheral. He dismisses the underlying premise of its principal ‘grand narrative’ as based on a fruitless distinction between utility (and functionality) and fashion rather than the invention or discovery of the ‘child’ and ‘childhood’. While partially accepting Cook’s criticism, the article argues that the ‘grand narrative’, thus modified and expanded, retains its usefulness. In the nineteenth century, the ‘fancy dress’ and ‘playfulness’ theme continued, reflected in the most popular children’s styles (sailor suit, Little Lord Fauntleroy suit) and a range of others, temporarily or locally prominent, and intertwining with multifarious cultural, artistic, social and commercial developments.