Maybe your body is the Chinese people's blood flowing, you may have heard of Dayu flood control to turn the tide of the myths and legends, perhaps you are impressed by the brilliant civilization in the Bronze Sanxingdui may face in. This Terracotta fortitude you never forget it, maybe you are the Five Foot Road Bo's Cliff marvel, maybe you gorgeous Western Xia Imperial Tombs reluctant afternoon a memorable one, perhaps you are Diexi Lake marshes impressed by the changes.
Perhaps you had Jiuzhaigou Huanglong human obsession stunning, maybe you enjoy the sound of the Guo Qiang Di Ruqirusu, maybe you have devotion in the Potala Palace, three call-nine worship, maybe you felt between the Cang-er, "romantic" romantic, maybe you research the ancient city in the Great Square Street Dongba culture been dumped, you may experience the Wujiang River Gallery, it is also, and Tujia sisters danced the "Waving Dance", maybe you Yi's "Torch Festival" on the Xiong Xiong Ying-reddening of the fire was being Ashima flower header fascinated eyes.
However, you can also have to know all this, and a long history and brilliant culture, and people living fossil known as the nation - Qiang is closely related to, when we read the dust-laden history, trace the ancient legend, we will find, "Xi There Cheng Tang, since Peter Diqiang "to painted pottery culture known how Qiang is a magnificent epic, is a how long the songs.

Qiang ancient times on the distribution, migration in the blue, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet area. More than 5000 years ago, Diqiang tribes mainly live in the northwest of the Yellow River, Huangshui Valley and live could not make it without Yao Fu, I do not know Jiase, soil-free grain, the impermanence of the nomadic way of life ranking, as early as 3,000 years ago, Yin generation of Oracle in there on the records of the Qiang people.
According to Ancient records, Yan Emperor Shen Nong in this area of the Grand Canyon in the Minjiang waterside shepherd of the Qiang people, also known as Yan Di Xiling's tribe, clan or a Shushan's silkworm Cong, "Shu" old-fashioned silkworm, silkworm Cong's tribe was the first training wild silkworm , to silk fabric silk fabric to make clothes tribes. Probably because the woman's clothes here, especially beautiful, the Yellow Emperor and his son had married a woman here, wife. Ancient tribal alliance leaders, flood control Yu was born in New Zealand stone and brought Xiqiang is the Qiang people. China's first slavery regime in Xia Dynasty, also built by Wang Qiang.
The so-called Di Zu, meaning lowlands of the Qiang people, is due to some Qiang tribes migrating from the highlands to the valley, gradually changed the nomadic habits, began to settle in agriculture. Shu Di Zu is a family of ancestors, from the silkworm Cong Diexi migrate to the Chengdu Plain, established Shu.
Qiang of the Chinese nation five thousand years of history of civilization many neutrals: Shang Drainage countries, Eastern Zhou Dynasty there is Qi, and even swept the Luhe, unified China, Qin Shi Huang are Qiang people. To the Western Han Dynasty, the Qiang people have more than 1200 million, representing 20% of China's population.

However, gradually withdraw from Qiang on the center stage of history, nomadic nature so that they can not integrate into mainstream society as a whole, but worked in ancient China, one of the main ethnic Qiang people in the course of history gradually become a minority, but its good distinctive national tradition still outstanding.
Later still, Yinchuan Li Yuanhao also established the ruling party Xiang Qiang nation's Western Xia kingdom. Their land "East to make the Yellow River, the West sector Yumen south Xiao Guan, North controlled the desert, the local thousand years." And the Song, Liao tripod, hung a moment.
Wuhu Sixteen Kingdoms period, in Chengdu, Li Xiong build into the Han empire; in Chang'an, there have been established in pre-Fu Jian Qin Empire and the establishment of the post-Yao Chang Qin Empire; in Wuwei, Gansu, Lu Guang also established the Kingdom of the post-cold .

Nomadic nature of the long-term stability so that they can not live in a place, they are eager to distant mountains, the higher the sky, not for anything else, just for that legendary beauty of the grasslands.
So they east, east of the Qiang Han settlers formed the "Huaxia" an important part; there is a part of the east of the Qiang people in the fusion of the Mongols; in Dekawa into Chu's 800 years Qingjiang, a Qiang the formation of today's Tujia.
So they moved southward, and differentiate into different nationalities, one of the Qiang migrated to the south to the Tibetan Brahmaputra basin and the formation of the indigenous communities of the Tibetans today;
Qiang was removed gradually moved southward along the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from the alpine zone Hengduan mountains, toward the warm, low humidity of Southwest Sichuan shift, all the way to go, all the way to stop, migration multiply.
To stay in Aba, Ganzi Tibetan part of the Qiang and Tibetan formation of today's Tibetan Amdo Tibetan and Jiarong; to stay in the vicinity of part of the Qiang people in Liangshan and southwest of Indigenous and Tribal Fusion to form today's Yi;
The arrival of the Diqiang Yunnan Province, Qin and Han dynasties, experience the Three Kingdoms, the Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties period of long hours together, bulk, poly, in the Sui, Tang and Song period, the integration of the local indigenous people, ages continuously moved in Yunnan Han and other ethnic groups gradually formed in the Tibeto-Burman ethnic groups, are widely distributed in Yunnan, north, northeast, central and some parts of the west. There Bai, Naxi, Hani, Nu, Dulong, as well as Lahu, Lisu, Achang, Jingpo and Jino. The Pumi is the middle of the thirteenth century by the tribal leaders mobilize people to join the armed forces of Mongolia, with Kublai into Yunnan's.

Only part of the Qiang people stream to move in the upper reaches of Minjiang River area, lives and breeds has retains its own unique ethnic customs and family life, said. As early as the Neolithic period, the upper reaches of Minjiang River valley, there is proliferation of the Qiang people live here. Silkworm Cong era, had its capital in the Silkworm Tomb (now Maoxian Diexi). Warring States period of Ancient Qiang Qin Xian public and migration of people from the north-west to south-west, in which one moved to the area in the upper reaches of Minjiang River, after which there are a lot of Qiang tribe south. Han Dynasty, the Minjiang River Basin as "barbarians six, seven Qiang, 9 Zuben, each tribe." Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Northwest Territories party Chang Qiang Qiang Deng to enter the upper reaches of Minjiang River. Early Tang Dynasty another river, along the Tangut Qiang Huang River south to the upper reaches of Minjiang River. Since the Qin Dynasty, the Qiang tribes after a long integration, development, evolution, gradually formed today Qiang.
According to 1990 statistics, the Qiang of the total population less than 20 million, mainly distributed in the Aba Autonomous Prefecture of Maoxian, Wenchuan, Li County, Blackwater, Songpan, Mianyang City, North Sichuan, Ganzi's Danba, Guizhou Province, the stone gangue, Eguchi, etc. County. Aba Qiang there are 130,000, of which there are 90000 Maoxian, accounting for 90% of the total population of Maoxian, Maoxian has thus become the country's only Qiang populated counties.
The upper reaches of Minjiang River valley, is the rise of the Qiang people, and is micro-Qiang potential areas; is the original origin, where the Qiang people, but also places where the Qiang people finally left, although they are a true nomads, but the most reluctant of the but it is still their own homes, the tribe's homeland.
Now, the majority of Maoxian Qiang people (especially in the cities and towns) in the four weeks the increasingly frequent contacts with the Han Chinese have gradually finished, with the local Han people's names, looks, dress, language, etc. is almost no difference, and even more young Qiang have more Han Chinese living habits and ways of thinking, only in inaccessible cottage, but also to see a more authentic Qiang people.

Those modeling unique, rugged spectacular, representing the Qiang people's unique and exquisite architectural masterpiece - towers, is easily defensible from the ancient castle transformed into today's far-sighted and sight-seeing scenes.
Which had been coated with chicken, dog blood, is used to overcome encountered when migrating territory, "the local snakes" - kokir who were worshiped as gods Whitehead, today has become a folk culture in a beautiful landscape of Ancient Qiang.
That led to the altar only suck highland barley wine was described as Shih Ta-k'ai: "10000 Pearl an altar clothes, nobility is about to make all bow their heads, hands and clinging to overturned pillar, smoking was the Yellow River water back." Smack of the wine, or if people intoxicated, or so exciting.
Only the long-circulating characteristics Qiang diet: glistening yellow face steamed steaming, thus elatedly the stirring group, fragrant silver or gold wrapped so coveted, or endless so enticingly.
Qiang is only window-dressing over the years, Mt Council, which lasted for several thousand years event, the theme of prayer, or the harmony between man and nature; and rugged simplicity of the ancient folk customs are only in the "jump suit of armor", "Drum" This age-old tradition customs and dance in worship in order to reproduce YR.
Only Qiang sisters wearing sheepskin coat jackets, embroidered aprons, or as colorful bright; only pair were the Qiang girl shoes and so on as tokens of love keepsake of the young man continued to be used for measurement of the Qiang way of life.
Only the most distinctive Qiang Qiang Di, this sounds appealing, before the invention of the Qin Dynasty, with the ancestors of nomadic Qiang plateau northwest of musical instruments, today again sounded. Although the material has been produced by the birds from the original or a sheep leg bone into the mountains today with specialty oil bamboo, Sound hole from four to five. However, gently melodious, clear voice sounds more or less slender bright and soft, plaintive lyricism.
However, this tube Qiangdi Acacia coming years, or something, "Why should we complain Qiangdi willow, spring is not degree yumenguan" in Qiangdi coming Acacia do?
This is the melody pipe Qiangdi inside out, or something, "Qiang pipe soon as where the music, street prostitution 100 warble the highest branch" in Qiangdi out the melody do?
This tube Qiangdi where matters of the heart to tell or do something, "Qiang pipe leisurely cream of Montreal" in matters of the heart to tell Qiangdi do?
This implication of the affair inside Tube Qiangdi or something, "more wind Qiang Di Guan Shanyue, no worry that Kim's apartment thousands of miles," The emotion of Qiangdi implication do?
This is a description by the plaintive pipe Qiangdi or something, "the beginning of Ju Huang Fei Lu Yan Bai, Qiang Di HU Jia tears full of clothing" and described as plaintive Qiangdi do?
This tube Qiangdi surging inside of grief or something, "this is Qiangdi Wong Zao sound, so I armed tears like rain" and Qiang Di surging of grief do?

Who establish his own dynasty, ruled by the Qiang people's Tuyuhun Tubo went out once with the Huns Diqiang saying Wuhu, Xianbei, Jie death, only the Qiang people thrive now, and with other ethnic integration, the formation of Han nationality, the formation of the West 10 five ethnic minorities. They had been stronger had declined before, had dominated before, had been humiliated before, they had waved in the northwest of the prairie whip, bow Da Jian, Yang knife flew, they had mountains in the transverse mountain trek in the south migration, Walk the Line; they had a large plateau in the southwest of overcoming all obstacles, to open up the wilderness, build their homes. They are deep at the foot of the western land Lian Zhao, whether it is poor or rich, whether it is barren or the harvest, whether it is beautiful or ugly; regardless of the Gobi Desert and Hexi Corridor, or the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau of red earth, regardless of the Qinghai-Tibet plateau meadow snow-capped mountains, or Hanzhong fertile ground for fertile plains, they have the same love for the same loyalty. They put all the strength of their own nation and all the dreams are poured in this vast western region, there is no complaints, no regrets, no retreat, only to open up year after year, day after day of farming, because the west is home to the Qiang people the west is the home of the Qiang people!

Today, even though the same for the descendants of 15 Diqiang minorities in southwestern China today are no longer able to listen to understand each other's national language, but language Sino-Tibetan language family, or Tibeto-Burman languages, although their beliefs to join the Tibetan Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Christianity, Theravada Buddhism, etc. However, we believe many gods, and worship their ancestors, that the animism of primitive religion does not have or forget, even though they become a sacrificial object of ways and varied, but their ancestors are engaged in nomadism Qiang Cremation has also been related to reservations, as well as their Ancient Qiang ethnic face, they are still so vivid, they are still so Zhang Yang ......
Perhaps one day, blowing a hyacinth xiao Achang brothers, Pumi sisters pull up a ukulele, Jino brother playing the sun drum, Lahu sisters danced a bumper swing dance, Dulong cattle brothers rob ball and dances, Hani sisters put on the unity and harmony of the middle of the street wine, Nu brothers come up with the gurgle of the sweet mellow wine, Jingpo sisters to pray for our well-being of the "head brain vertical Song" on the wearing costumes, dancing light, Lisu Brothers Performance of "the Tachiyama, under a sea of fire" in the ancient sports games, Qiang and Tibetan, Bai, Yi, Tujia, Naxi, Han brothers and sisters holding hands danced a vigorous dance steps of Sharon ......

5000 Over the years, Qiang has been active in the vast land of the west, found in every corner to the new Northwest China, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Chongqing, 11 provinces and autonomous regions such as Tibet and Mongolia, multiply the Qiang, Yi, Tibetan, Bai, Nu, Tujia , Naxi, Lahu, Hani, Drung, Lisu, Achang, Jingpo, Pumi, Jino and other 15 nationalities, is the root of the western stretches without a break; 5000 Over the years, Qiang hard work, painstaking labors of the spirit and prosperous , Heaven and Man of faith, chivalrous unyielding, mountain like the staunch character, bold open-minded, broad minded, like the water in the western soul forever.
Author: yanmingzhi