民族融合背景下西北边疆民众的生存空间——以魏晋十六国时期河西走廊为中心

The Populace's Living Space of Northwest Border Area in the Ethnic Fusion Period:Taking Hexi Corridor in the Wei- Jin and Sixteen States Period as Study Core

魏晋十六国时期,位于西北边疆地区的河西走廊诸河流域水草丰美,又因其地当丝路孔道,成为汉、匈奴、鲜卑、氐、羌、粟特等从事农、牧、商业的各族民众生活的基本场所。他们在绿洲之上择善处而居,或城或坞,或穹庐草屋,甚或洞窟。但城、坞、穹庐的居住者已不再单一,仅凭居住形式的不同已很难区分居住者的身份,如城内居有胡汉各族官员,高大的穹庐内也可能居住各族酋豪或政府属佐,这是民族大融合时期民众生存空间中出现的新气象。

During the period of Wei- Jin and Sixteen States,although being in the northwest border area,the river basins of Hexi Corridor abounded in clean water and fertile grassland. Besides,they acted as the Silk Road tunnel. So the river basins of Hexi Corridor became the basic living areas of Han,Hun,Xianbi,Di,Qiang,Sute,who mainly lived on agriculture,animal husbandry and business. They chose good areas as their living places on the oasis,building cities,wubi,thatched yurts and even caves. While the dwellers of cities,wubi and yurts hadn＇t been the same. It was difficult to distinguish the identity of dwellers according to their living houses. There lived the officers of Hu and Han in the cities,tribal chiefs or government assistants maybe lived in the magnificent yurts. These were the new looks of populace＇s living space which appeared in the ethnic fusion period.