再谈“胡焕庸线”及农牧交错带

“Hu Population Line”and the transitional border between agriculture and pasture: A discussion from a new perspective

本文阐述了"胡焕庸线"的历史背景及研究现状。"胡焕庸线"是在农牧交错带的背景上产生的,其具有内涵多样性、形式非唯一性和数据连续性的特点。农牧交错带始兆于青铜时代西方游牧文化与东方农耕文化的交流和融合,稳定发展于夏、商、周,成型于秦、汉。农牧交错带的功能在于能流、物流、人流的交流,耦合和融合;在于天时、地利、人和的和谐统一;在于资源的永续利用和区内经济、政治、社会的可持续发展。农牧交错带不仅是农田与草地景观各异、汉族与少数民族杂居、草地畜牧业与种植农业并存的地区,更是中华民族的脊梁和龙兴之地。

In this paper,the historical background and present progress of studies on the "Hu Population Line"is described. As a transitional border between agriculture and pasture,the Hu Population Line is considered to be diverse in connotations,non-unique in forms,and consistent in data-time series. This border has occurred since the Bronze Age,with cultural exchanges and ethnic amalgamations between agricultural and nomadic civilizations,undergoing steady developments in the Xia,Shang,and Zhou dynasties,and it was finally formed during the Qin and Han dynasty. The functions of such a transitioning border between agriculture and pasture are in the exchanging,coupling,and merging of energy,matter,and population; in the harmonic unity of historical opportunity,geographic advantages,and peaceful neighborhoods; in the sustainable exploitation of natural resources and the sustainable development of regional economics,politics and societies. The agricultural/pastoral transitional border is not merely a heterogeneous landscape composed of crop fields and pastures,or a mixed residency of Han and minority populations,it is the backbone of Chinese spirit,a place where the Chinese nation rises.