论土司制度、土司文化和土司遗产的价值

On the Value of the Systems,Culture and Heritages of Chieftain

元、明、清时期中央王朝在西南等少数民族地区推行土司制度,对该地区的少数民族进行了卓有成效的管控,使西南少数民族地区纳入中央王朝的管理体系,推动了多民族统一的中央集权国家的巩固与发展,历代王朝"大一统"政治理念得以实践并最终形成。土司地区修建的城池、衙署、寺庙、宗祠、街道、墓葬等建筑,是土司制度的物质文化载体,保护、利用这些土司遗产,对于理解土司制度和土司文化的价值有着重要的意义。

During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the central governments implemented the chieftain system and imposed effective control in ethnic areas in Southwest China. The Southwest minority areas were incorporated into the management system of the central governments, which promoted consolidation and development of a centralized state with multi-ethnic unity. At that time, the political idea of “Great Unity” was put into practice and finally formed. The chieftain system had many historical experiences worth learning in guiding ideology and management modes. The chieftain culture came into being. Cities, government offices, temples, ancestral halls, streets, tombs and other buildings built in the chieftain areas were the material and cultural carriers of the chieftain system. At present, protection and utilization of the chieftain heritages are of great significance to understand the value and culture of the chieftain system.