试论中原文化对青藏高原文明进程的重大影响

On the Significant Influence of the Central Plains Culture in the Civilization Progress of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

青藏高原位于中国的西南边陲,具有重要的战略地位。历史上,这里生活着以羌族、藏族为主体的各个民族,他们的文化抉择与发展走向对于中华民族多元一体格局的形成、中国西南边疆的长期稳定,都具有极为重要的作用。在青藏高原的文明进程当中,中原文化产生了重要影响,其强大的吸引力使得青藏高原各族也相应地产生了强烈的向心力,正是在这两股力量形成的合力之下,青藏高原文明的走向一直是向东发展,最终汇入中华文明体系之中。在青藏高原的文明进程中,史前时代、吐蕃王朝时期以及元朝以后,是最为重要的三个阶段,中原文化对其产生的影响在考古材料和文献史料中得到充分的证明。

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,located in China’s southwest frontier,has an important strategic position.Historically,it has been home to various ethnic groups,mainly the Tibetans and the Qiang.Their cultural choices and development are crucial for the formation of a pluralistic and integrated Chinese nation and the long-term stability of China’s southwest frontier.In the course of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau’s civilization,the culture of central plains has exerted an important influence,fostering a strong centripetal force among the ethnic groups on the plateau.The interplay of these two forces has driven the civilization of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau to develop eastward,and finally merge into the system of Chinese civilization.In the three most important periods of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau’s civilization,the prehistoric period,the period of Tubo dynasty and the period after the Yuan dynasty,the influence of the central plains culture has been fully confirmed by archaeological and historical documents.