中国古代文化源远流长。虽然其间有不少的曲折迂回,也不断地加进一些新的文化因素,但作为华夏文化主流的部分,却从来没有间断过。尤其是在古代文化发展早期所形成的一些思想观念和文化制度,不仅成了华夏文化的主流,而且在当时和后世都产生了巨大的影响。夏商时代“天帝”的观念,是作为自然的“天”同传说中的远古部族首领合一的产物,既是华夏民族归于同一宗祖的根源,也是后来道教设定最高尊 Ancient Chinese culture has a long history. Although there are many twists and turns during this period, but also continue to add some new cultural factors, but as part of the mainstream Chinese culture, but never stopped. In particular, some ideas and cultural systems formed in the early stage of ancient cultural development have not only become the mainstream of Chinese culture, but have also had a huge impact both at the time and in later ages. The concept of the Xia and Shang Dynasties and the “God” is the product of the unification of the ancient tribal chiefs of nature and “Heaven” with the legend. It is both the root cause of the Chinese ancestors belonging to the same ancestor, and the highest Taoism since then