大夏河孕育的夏代文明

The Xia Dynasty Civilization Bred by Daxia River

甘肃是华夏文明的重要发祥地,大夏人生活在大夏河(今广通河)流域的甘肃广河、和政一带。作为当时全国文化政治中心的大夏地区,将彩陶艺术推向顶峰,创造了开辟人类新纪元的马家窑文化。大夏人的子孙大禹深受故乡彩陶文明的熏陶,治理洪水,统治诸夏,开创夏代文明的先河。为了纪念大禹的历史功业,今临夏地区的积石山、和政、广和等县在过去修建了大量禹王庙,有的村庄也以禹王命名。大夏河地区的玉石之路文明、彩陶文明和夏文明相互印证,说明大夏河地区曾经一度是夏文明的中心区域。

Gansu is a very important birthplace of Chinese civilization.Daxia people once lived along Daxia River,around Guanghe and hezheng in Gansu.Daxia was the cultural and political center at that time,and pioneered Majiayao culture which opened up a new epoch in human history.Greatly influenced,Yu the Great successfully tamed the floods,starting a new Xia civilization.To honour Yu the Great,a lot of temples were built in these areas,which,together with other cultural relics,strongly indicate that the region along Daxia River was once the center of Xia civilization.