Social and Cultural Characteristics of Ancient Southeast Asia

16世纪初叶以前的古代东南亚社会与文化的发展具有的特征是：长期融合而成相似的基本民俗；赖以生存发展的栽培农业与稻作文化；广泛长期存在的社会基层单位———村社；妇女的社会地位特别受到尊重；重视境内外贸易的发展；多元宗教信仰的交织与传承；从“王权神授”到“君神合一”的政体；对外来文化的包容、吸纳与融合。在16世纪初叶前后形成了独具特色的、既多元又统一的、以多元—交汇—共生为特征的东南亚文化。Before early 16 th century, the social and cultural character-istics of Ancient Southeast Asia are as follows: similar folk custom due to long-term integration, cultivation agriculture and the rice culture, Wide-spread and long-standing social unit-agricultural community, special social status of women, emphasis on the development of domestic and foreign trade, diverse religious beliefs;the polity of “divine right” and the assimi-lation of foreign culture.Around early 16th century, with “diversity-inter-section-symbiosis” as its characteristics, the formation of a unique, diverse but unified Southeast Asian culture began.01162-18