清朝前期河湟回藏贸易略论

A Brief Discussion on Trade Between Hui and Zang in Ancient Hehuang Area in the Early Qing Dynasty

明末清初,官方专营的“茶马互市”衰落之后,由河湟回族为主导的民间群众性回藏贸易迅速崛起,遂成为藏区与中原各族间经济往来的主流。这种有着特殊内容的经济互动关系,促进了新兴回藏商业城镇的崛起及回族商业社区的形成和巩固;更为重要的是,它在加强藏区与内地的经济交流、促进藏区经济繁荣、消除某些政治上的离心力,则是其它事业无法取代的。

During the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, after the officially - operated “exchange with tea and horse” got declined, local trade between Hui and Zang rose abruptly, among common folks led by Hehuang Hui nationality and became mainstream of economic exchange connecting Zang and other nationalities from the Central Plains. The economic interaction with special content has promoted the emerging of new Hui - Zang commercial counties and towns and forming and developing of Hui commercial commtmities. What is more important is that it plays a critical role in strengthening economic exchange between Zang area and the Central Plains, promoting economic prosperity of Zang area, and reducing some political centrifugal force.