A Study On Xixia’s Recognition Of Northern Song Culture

The Western Xia is located in the northwest of China,the birthplace of the ancient Heliong culture.It borders the Khitan in the east,the Uygur in the west,the Tubo in the southwest,and the Song in the south.In the territory,there are Dangxiang,Tibetan,Han,and Uygur peoples living together.The Northern Song Dynasty,which coexisted with the Western Xia,was the most prosperous dynasty in the feudal history of China,and the cultural penetration of the Northern Song Dynasty had a profound impact on the surrounding minority regimes.After belonging to the Dangxiang,the Northern Song Dynasty,as the closest regime to the Western Xia,had a deep identity in the constant collision and blending of the two cultures.At the beginning of the establishment of the Western Xia,it was urgent to absorb the advanced Northern Song culture in the construction of political culture,economic culture,ideological culture and social customs.Since its birth,the Western Xia regime had been threatened by the Northern Song Dynasty,Liao Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty.How to ensure the political independence,economic development,cultural prosperity,for the development of the West Xia to provide a good surrounding environment;How to communicate with the surrounding areas and encourage them to obtain a large number of material materials and spiritual and cultural resources through trade became the basic problem that the rulers of the Western Xia needed to solve.In the history of the Western Xia,in addition to political communication,development of production,commercial trade,war and other diplomatic means,learning advanced culture of the Northern Song Dynasty has become the habit of all strata of the Party.At the same time,how to promote the development of ethnic culture and preserve the ethnic cultural personality in the process of absorbing the culture of the Northern Song Dynasty has always been an important problem that the ruling clique of the Western Xia had to face and solve.Political culture,political system of summer li yuan-hao follow after the northern song dynasty,on the set up the system,the central and local administrative system with song,cultivate han officer at the same time,the rule of the cement stabilized the xixia in the long struggle with the forces of the old aristocracy,complete centralization,gradually establish a feudal country political system,greatly enhance the ethnic strength.Referring to the Northern Song Dynasty legal system,supervision strategy and other systems,the establishment of a relatively mature political system.From the economic point of view,the Northern Song Dynasty had a great impact on the economic development of the Western Xia Dynasty.As a nomadic ethnic group,animal husbandry played an important role in the Western Xia,but its agricultural development was relatively backward,and the construction of agricultural technology and agricultural facilities absorbed the advanced farming civilization of the Northern Song Dynasty and had a great influence.In the trade exchanges with the Northern Song Dynasty,the relatively prominent ones were the market,the market and the tribute envoy,etc.,most of which took animal husbandry products as the capital,which was of great significance to the economic development of the Western Xia Dynasty.With the development of economy,a monetary system was formed in the Western Xia Dynasty.In terms of ideology and culture,Confucianism and Buddhism were highly respected in the Western Xia Dynasty.The extraordinary influence of Confucianism,mixed into the ethnic spiritual culture,had a profound impact on the ruling ideology,political system and the general public,among which the idea of filial piety was more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.At the same time,the spread of Buddhism in Central Plains also pervades the life of the ruling clique of the Western Xia Dynasty and ordinary people.It had a profound influence on the spiritual thoughts of the Xixia people.In terms of social customs,such as marriage system,dress culture,funeral forms,architectural style and so on all have some similarities with the culture of the Northern Song Dynasty,thus constructing a very special form of cultural expression.The recognition of the culture of the Northern Song Dynasty by the Western Xia was the active absorption of the rulers to consolidate their political power,and also the passive integration of the rulers in the long-term communication and wars with the Northern Song Dynasty.Its influence on politics,economy,ideology and culture should not be underestimated.