Communication And Integration: A Study Of The Social, Historical And Cultural Heritage Of The Zhouqu Tibetan Peopl

Zhouqu is a translation of Tibetan "??????",meaning Longjiang,named after water.It is located in the south of Gansu,southeast of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,the middle and upper reaches of Bailong River,the eastern edge of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau,and the intersection area of the western wing of the South Qinling Mountains and Minshan Mountains.It belongs to the southern Longnan Mountains of the West Qinling Geological Structural Belt.The territory has continuous mountains and towering peaks,connecting Longnan in the east,overlapping parts in the west,Dangchang in the north,and Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan in the south.The Annals of Minzhou states that "although Xigu has one area and three sides,it is really an important place for Tao,Min,Jie and Wen to control the right corner","the Shumen Gate is located inside,and the Panzhihua border is controlled outside".Since ancient times,Xigu has been an important military defense place and a place where military strategists are fighting together,and a place where multi cultures collide.It has a special regional advantage of connecting the mainland and radiating other Tibet related areas,and plays a role as a bridge and link.The Tibetan people in Zhouqu,who live in this land,are an ancient and new ethnic group.The reason why they are ancient is that their culture and blood have more or less flowed into the Tibetan elements of the 8th century or even before the A.D.,inheriting the nearly disappeared ancient Tibetan culture.The reason why it is a new ethnic group is that Zhouqu Tibetans never belonged to one jurisdiction in history.The Republic of China began to integrate gradually,and an administrative establishment was formed after the founding of New China.Historically,the northwest and southwest regions of China have generally formed a pattern of coexistence,mutual learning and sharing in culture due to long-term exchanges and exchanges among various ethnic groups.Zhouqu has always been a multi-ethnic habitat.The diversity of local people has promoted the diversity of culture.Bon,Tibetan Buddhism,Taoism,folk mother-in-law god belief and other religious cultures coexist.Under the longterm inter ethnic cultural interaction,the situation of "you have me" and "I have you" has been formed,and local knowledge with strong regional characteristics has been constructed.It is a microcosm of the pattern of pluralistic integration of the Chinese nation,and a typical representative of the integration of Tibetan and Han cultures and the coexistence of Tibetan and Han ethnic groups.It has a certain reference role for the theory and practice of building a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation.