试论广河川是大禹的故乡和华夏文明的发祥地

Guanghechuan: the Hometown of Dayu and the Source of Chinese Civilization

我国西北地区民族众多,迁徙不定,由于古代史料缺乏,久而不知其源。甚或流传佚误,古籍抵触,稽古不究者,史例颇多,禹夏即为其一。对于夏禹之研究,外地学者视野少及,本地学者研究欠缺。今甘肃省临夏回族自治州境内,存在着许多带"大夏"的古县名、古地名、古官职名。为了一探究竟,作者作了几次田野调查,认为今广河川是大禹的故乡,华夏文明的发祥地,与中亚大夏一脉相承,是中西文化交汇相合之前沿地带,是各民族磨砺共融之中心所在。

Therearemanyethnicgroupslived in the northwestofChina. Because they keptmigrating from time to time and were less recorded in historical literatures, few people know their origins after generations. Among them, Xiayu is very typical. Today in the area ofLinxia Huiautonomous prefecture, Gansu province, a series of ancient county names,place names and official position titles have the characters 'Daxia'. This article holds the idea that Guanghechuan,closely related to Daxia in Central Asia, is the hometown of Dayu and the source of Chinese Civilization as well as the frontierofeast-westcommunication and thecoreofethnicacculturation.