先秦时期的云南游牧文化

游牧文化在历史上曾占有重要地位,但往往被人们所忽视。鉴于游牧文明与农业文明截然不同的社会文化结构和它们远胜于农耕民族的活动迁徙能力,因此研究早期游牧文化应放眼于更为广阔的地理和历史背景之下,更多地从全局的角度考虑。先秦时代的云南,由于地理气候的特点,畜牧业发达,游牧人群的活动十分活跃。塞人是较早进入云南的游牧族群之一,他们的出现和欧亚草原地区游牧文化的兴起有密切的联系。从历史文献、考古发掘以及西南地区的岩画,都可以看出在先秦时期游牧文化在云南的广泛影响。

Nomadic Culture in Yunnan before the Pre-Qin Period

Nomadic culture played an important role in historical development but has received inadequate attention.Nomadic culture is quite different in socio-cultural structure from agricultural civilization and the former has a stronger capacity in migration.Thus,the study of early nomadic culture should take a broader geographical and historical background into consideration.Yunnan before the Pre-Qin Period had good geographical conditions and its animal husbandry was prosperous and the nomadic people were quite influential.The Sai people were one of the early nomadic groups in Yunnan and were closely related to the nomadic culture in the plain areas in Europe and Asia,whose extensive influence finds expression in historical documents,archaeological findings and the rock-paintings in southwest China.