试论西迁及其对柯尔克孜族形成的影响

Westward Migration and Its Influence on the Formation of Kirgiz

柯尔克孜族先民最早生活在叶尼塞河流域,后因战争等原因不断向西迁徙。历史上,柯尔克孜族有过五次西迁,时间跨度从西汉一直到清朝,迁徙路线主要是从叶尼塞河流域到天山和中亚地区。西迁是柯尔克孜族历史上的重大事件,对现代柯尔克孜族的最终形成产生了深远影响。从某种意义上说,长途迁徙成为现代柯尔克孜族形成的一个重要原因。

Kirgiz ancestors used to live in the Yenisai River basin , gradually moved to the west due to war and other reasons.There had been five westward migrations in Kirgiz history from the Western Han Dynasty to the middle of the Qing Dynasty, mainly from the Yenisai River to the Tianshan Mountains and Central Asia .The migration was a significant event in the history of the Kirgiz which had influenced the final formation of the modern Kirgiz .