茶马互市与民族交往交流交融述论

Relationships between Tea-Horse Trade and Ethnic Contact,Communication and Fusion

茶马互市的兴起是农牧自然分工和茶叶生产发展基础上族际交往的结果,族际关系的变化使茶马互市迅速发展。明朝"以茶驭番",将茶马互市作为一项基本国策。随着国家统一格局的巩固和商品经济的发展,茶马互市逐渐转型。茶马互市带动了族际贸易的发展,推动了族际交往交流的扩大;改善了交通,为族际交往交流创造了客观条件;促进了语言互通和民族混居,加深了族际互信与交融。茶马互市对当前促进民族交往交流交融仍具有重要的启示意义。

The emergence of Tea-Horse Trade was the result of the inter-ethnic contact and communication based on the natural division of labor in agriculture and animal husbandry and the development of tea production. The new changes in the relationships between ethnic groups made the Tea-Horse Trade develop rapidly. The Ming government regarded TeaHorse Trade as a basic state policy to control the Xifan tribes. As the country grew more unified and the commodity economy thrived,Tea-Horse Trade gradually transformed. Tea-Horse Trade led to the prosperity of inter-ethnic trade and promoted the expansion of inter-ethnic contact and communication. It improved transportation and created objective conditions for inter-ethnic contact and communication. Besides,it encouraged people from different ethnic groups to live together,learn each other’s languages,and deepen their mutual trust and fusion. Tea-Horse Trade still has important enlightenment significance to the current promotion of ethnic contact,communication and fusion.