淮汝颍地区是先秦时期文化交流的中心

The Region of the Huai,Ru and Ying Rivers as a Center of Cultural Contacts in the Pre-Qin Period.

淮汝颍地区是指淮河、汝河、颍河交汇地区。其地理范围东到涡河,北及许昌——太康一线,南至大别山脉,西达桐柏、外方诸山。地势西高东低,河谷阶地与冲积平原相间。在它的东面和西面,是一望无际的华北大平原,中间无任何天然屏障;南面是广阔的江淮丘陵,西面经方城缺口、桐柏缺口可进入南阳盆地;西南经“义阳三关”可直达江汉平原。可以说,淮汝颍地区是各大地理区相互辐射的交汇点,是东西南北各大地理区交汇的中心。这种开放的地理格局,为上古时期的文化交流提供了一个理想的地理舞台,而分布于此的古诸侯国又为文化交流起到了重要的中介作用。

Yin River and Ru River Join with Huai River at its middle reach,this area is also the joining point of different geogrophical regions,so it form an inter- acting centre of different cultures.Based on historical documents and archaeolo- gical data,this article inquires into the interchanging process afind its feature between Middle-Plain Culture and the cultures of Huaiyi,Qijin and Chu in this area.The author thinks that the numerous small states existed in this area may acted as the medium during the process of the culture interchanges.