The Research About Social Culture Of Chaoyang District In Liao Dynasty

Chaoyang district of Liaoning which was XingZhongfu in Liao Dynasty.Before Liao Dynasty,Chaoyang district went through three-Yan?The North Wei dynasty?Sui and Tang Dynasty.it always was the important town in the northeast of China,and which also was the important basic doctrine from the Central Plains to the Northeast.In the past Dynasties especially Liao Dynasty's establishent,Its political,economic,cultural are more prosperous than the west of Liao Ning.Liao Dynasty had the lost of states which most was the Immigration in history of Chaoyang district.Immigration included Han,Bohai,and a small amount of the Qidan nationality.For the advantageous geographic location,convergence of many nationalities and the advantageous natural environment,it provided conditions for the social culture of formation in Chaoyang district.The social culture of Chaoyang district centered on confucian education,Literature and art,Buddhist Culture,funeral culture and so on.In particular,every respect need to focus differently.The continuous improvement about system of official schools and the private schools which provided conditions for confucian education.It made people accept the Confucianism and cultivate a lot of talented person for Liao Dynasty.Literature of Liao Dynasty in Chaoyang district was rarely left over by history,but It can be seen the development profiles of literature in Chaoyang district from a part of Literature or evaluation of the descendants.The painting centered on mural frescoes.The content of painting showed the national characteristic of prairie nationality,and it also showed the elements of Central Plains,such as flowers,birds,fish,insects.The skills of painting learned and absorbed drown of Tang and Song Dynasty.Calligraphy was most of stone inscriptions.It included the regular script,seal character,and rarely seen running script,cursive.In Liao Dynasty,it was the center of Esoteric Buddhism,which had the developed religious doctrine theory of Buddhism and the Temple Towers were widespread,also had famous monks comed forth in large numbers and the ethos of worshipping the Buddha.Meanwhile,it also had Taoism and Shamanism.In a word,the religious culture of Liao Dynasty in Chaoyang district was in a very prosperous state,Buddhism and other religions was spread in parallel.Because the influence of Qidan culture and Chinese culture,funeral culture of Liao Dynasty presented diversities.It concluded unique funeral custom of Qidan,uch as ShaoFan,Metal mask and copper wire,also concluded the elements of Central Plains,such as Wooden coffin,the Portraitof idol and so on.The tomb became from simple to complex gradually,and from no burial tomb to the polygon of tomb.