乌江流域土司文化述略

A Brief Summary of Chieftain Culture in Wujiang Drainage Area

土司文化主要是由各族土民在元明清等朝统治者与历代土司的管领下共同创造、世代累积的文明成果总和,内涵丰富。乌江流域经历数百年土司统治,各民族人民在王朝国家权力渗延和国家权威影响的过程中,世代积淀传承的土司文化表现在物质、制度和精神等层面。随着湖北咸丰唐崖土司遗址、播州土司海龙囤遗址等成功申报为世界文化遗产,乌江流域土司文化遗产的挖掘、整理、研究和利用成为社会各界新的课题,值得各级政府和专家学者高度关注。

Rich in connotation, chieftain culture is a summation of civilizations co-created and accumulated by local people under the jurisdiction chieftains of different generations and rulers of Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Wujiang Drainage Area had been ruled by chieftains for hundreds of years. In the process of interference and influence of state power and authority, chieftain culture, with generational accumulation and inheritance, manifested itself in material, systematic and mental fields. With the successful application for world cultural heritage by Tangya chieftain relic in Xiangfeng of Hubei and chieftain relic in Hailongtun, the excavation, arrangement, study and utilization of chieftain cultural heritage in Wujiang Drainage Area has become a new subject of different social sectors, and it deserves massive attention from governments of different levels and experts.