作为媒介的驿道:古代长安通西域的驿道考

Post road as a media: post road from Chang'an to western regions in ancient times

在大量文献检索的基础上,系统考证了汉代至清末长安至西域的驿道建设与驿站分布情况。西域是西藏本土文化、中原儒家文化、印度佛教文化和伊斯兰文化的荟萃交流之地,"博望凿空"之后,长安通西域的驿道见证了各族人民迁徙流转、物品沟通互用、语言转换借取、日常生活彼此影响、信息沟通扩散的场景。长安通西域的驿道在中国多民族发展与融合以及中西文化交往中扮演了极其重要的角色。

On the basis of a large number of literature search,this paper systematically researches the construction and distribution of the post road from Chang＇an to the western regions between Han dynasty and the late of Qing dynasty. The western regions is a place for assembling and exchanging of Tibet＇s local culture,Central Plains＇ Confucian culture,Indian Buddhism culture and Islam culture,and as ZHANG Qian serving as an envoy in the western regions,this post road has witnessed people of all ethnic groups migration,mutual-use of goods,transmission and borrowing of language,mutual influence of daily life,and spread of information communication. The post road from Chang＇an to the western regions plays a very important role in China＇s multinational development and integration and cultural exchanges between Chinese and western countries.