西宁“虎台”的历史人类学考辨

摘要

“虎台”遗址(亦被称作南凉“点将台”)是西宁古城的标志性建筑，明清以来对其归属多认为是南凉王秃发傉檀子(其名虎台)所筑，通过实地考察和梳理河湟地区的文献资料，借助历史人类学等学科的研究方法，认为西宁“虎台”遗址非南凉时期所建造的军事防御工程“点将台”，而是汉至魏晋时期公共信仰建筑“祭祀坛”的历史遗孑。%　　The ruins of “Tiger Stand”(It is also called “Dianjiang Stand”,a high terraced - stand on w hich generals inspected the army and gave commands to the officers)is a landmark of Xining,the ancient city . Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties,many scholars believed that King T uo fanutanzi of Southern Liang (his first name is Tiger Stand)had had it constructed . By means of field trips and studying the historical documents of the He - huang Regions from an anthropological view point,this paper concludes tha t “Tiger Stand”in Xining was acturally the site of a public “Sacrifice Altar”during Han to Weijin Period instead of a military defence works .