In fact, today's Qiang people originated from the ancient Qiang people, and indeed have deep roots with the nomadic people in the northwest. Textual research, Qiang nationality? Strong? The word belongs to the upper and lower structure, with sheep on it, which obviously retains the traces of nomadic life.
The appellation of Qiang nationality appeared in Shang dynasty, and people in Shang dynasty collectively referred to western aliens as Qiang. At that time, the scope of the Central Plains was still very narrow. Now Shaanxi and Shanxi are not the Central Plains. The ethnic minorities in that area are called Qiang, and those in the north are called Beiqiang. This is a very general division, which should be covered by Qiang people in the future.
Before the Han Dynasty, the threat to the Central Plains regime mainly came from the north. The conference semifinals in the Qin Dynasty and the Huns in the Han Dynasty are the main threats, and the Qiang people have not yet formed a climate, so there are not many accounts. It was not until the first century A.D. that the Han Dynasty conquered the Xiongnu and resumed its jurisdiction over the Western Regions (now Xinjiang). At this time, the Qiang tribes scattered inside and outside the western border of China began to contact with the Han nationality, and then a war broke out with the Eastern Han government. At that time, the Qiang nationality was mainly nomadic, which was very close to the customs of Xiongnu, but lagged behind Xiongnu. Conflicts and vendettas between large and small tribes continued, and no unified regime was formed.
The conflict between Qiang people and Zhongyuan people is a gradual process, which occurred locally in the first century A.D. and evolved into a total war in the second century A.D. ... Qiang war? . The conflict between Qiang and Han recorded in Historical Records first occurred in the burning dang tribe of Qiang nationality. From 57 to 100, there were 10 attacks related to burning Dangqiang, involving Lintao, Gangu, Yongjing, Guide, Qinghai and other places in Gansu Province. The scale of the war is not large, the Qiang people have only a few thousand troops, while the Eastern Han army has only 20 thousand troops. Since A.D. 10 1, Lejie Department, Party Building Department, Zhongqiang Department, Yunnan Zero Department, Wolf Ginseng Department, Prison Qiang Department, Zero Field Department, Shenbian Department, and frozen department, southern government department, Shao He department, Lingwu department, Yunnan that department and Niaowu department of Qiang nationality have been added successively, and the scope also started from Gansu. ? Qiang war? It lasted 120 years and ended in 169. As a result, the Eastern Han Dynasty opened the door to collapse, while the population of the Qiang nationality dropped sharply and some tribes were almost extinct. It was not until the Northern and Southern Dynasties in the 4th century A.D. that it regained its vitality and reappeared on the stage of historical disputes.