Not long ago, in a CCTV literary program, mala Tang's face appeared again. When he told the host about the lyrics creation process of the song "Meeting Aobao", he naturally talked about his childhood: "My hometown is Fuxin, Liaoning ..."
This well-known song "Aobaohui", which everyone can sing, makes the word "Aobao" a household name among people of all ethnic groups in China. However, for most people outside Mongolia, Aobao is still a vague or unfamiliar concept. Many men are singing "Aobaohui" and waiting for that beautiful girl, but they may never know what "Aobaohui" is. Some people say that Aobao may refer to Mongolian yurts; Some people say that Aobao means temple ... This is a misunderstanding of the word "Aobao". In fact, "Aobao" is a Mongolian transliteration, which means a pile made of wood, stone and mud. Sacrificing Aobao is the most common and lively sacrificial activity on the ancient and magical Mongolian Plateau. In the sacrificial activities of offering sacrifices to Aobao, Aobao is an altar for offering sacrifices to gods, natural gods or ancestors and heroes.
So, what is the origin of Aobao on the ancient and vast Mongolian Plateau? The reporter inquired about a large number of historical materials and academic articles in order to find the most scientific statement. Some scholars believe that "offering sacrifices to Aobao" is the source of Shamanism. Because shamanism has three beliefs, one is nature worship, the other is totem worship, and the third is ancestor worship. The purpose of worshipping Aobao is to worship nature. Therefore, Aobao worship and Aobao culture come from earlier and more primitive beliefs and cultural forms than Shamanism.
Some scholars believe that Aobao culture, as a living fossil of nomadic people in northern China in ancient times, is a witness to the belief that has continued from the early days of the people to today. Symbolically speaking, the stone pile may represent a high mountain, and the trees or branches on Aobao may represent a forest, which is the habitat of the gods of heaven, earth and mountains, and also the sacred place where the ancestors' souls will go back.
If the religious and symbolic significance of Aobao is excluded, what is the most fundamental reason why Aobao appeared in the northern grassland according to the survival needs of early human beings? Many scholars believe that its original meaning is road sign. It is a wise move used by people to identify the direction and survive on the vast grassland. Later, it gradually evolved into a totem, worshiping it, believing in it, praying for it, and praying for happiness, which became people's desire to seek development outside of survival ... In this way, as a cultural phenomenon, Aobao accumulated deeper and deeper, and spread longer and longer. With the development of history, the role of Aobao as a road sign gradually faded, and it gradually became a ceremony and commemorative activity, and later it took on the color of tourism culture.