《国语·楚语下》说,上古时期曾发生了一个称为“绝地天通”的重大事件,即人与神的关系经历了“民神不杂”、“民神杂糅”最后又回到“民神不杂”的过程。其原因是出现了专门沟通天地的巫师,或者是尧舜之类的圣贤。他们成为人神之间的代言人之后,人人都宣称能够与神沟通的混乱得到了控制,这就是“绝地天通”。为什么上古社会一度人人可以通神?为什么艺术和宗教仪式密不可分?为什么沟通神灵的巫觋出现后社会就变得有序?王克明先生“远古狂欢———陕北的秧歌场子”一文所描述的跳秧歌的体验和对秧歌的历史追溯,涉及了早期人类社会宗教、艺术可能发生的图景,对了解文化传统的延续颇有启发。它说明,无论社会如何变化,人类的精神活动需要某种指引,这种需求亘古未变。编者 “Mandarin Chu language,” said that during the ancient period there has been a major event called “Jedi heaven”, that is, the relationship between man and God experienced “God is not mixed”, “God blend ”And finally returned to “ God is not mixed ”process. The reason for this is the emergence of wizards who specialize in the world, or sages like Yao and Shun. After they became spokespersons between people and gods, everyone claimed that the chaos that they could communicate with God was brought under control. This is “Heaven and Earth.” Why the society of the past was once accessible to all people? Why was art and religious rituals inextricably linked? Why did the society become orderly after the witchcraft that communicated the gods? Mr. Wang Keming “Ancient Carnival - Yangko Field in Northern Shaanxi” The described experience of Yangko and the historical retrospective of Yangko involve the images of religions and arts that may occur in early human societies and are quite enlightening to understand the continuation of the cultural tradition. It shows that no matter how society changes, there is a need for some kind of guidance on the mental activities of humankind, and this demand has not changed from time to time. editor