贝叶文化与南方丝绸之路

历史上从云南经东南亚邻国到印度及欧洲罗马,有一条被称作"南方丝绸之路"的通道,长期以来一直发挥着商业往来和文化交流的历史作用。从民族分布状况来看,还早在二千多年前,壮傣民族的先民就频繁地活动或定居在云南大部及东南亚邻国的泰、越、缅、老等地,而这一地区正是"南方丝绸之路"重要枢纽地带,深受该民族历史上创造的"贝叶文化"的深远影响。当今,要充分利用这一有利的地理环境,加强与东南亚邻国在经济和文化上的交往,促进我省改革开放的进一步发展。

The Pattra-leaf Culture and the Southern Silk Road

"The Southern Silk Road" traversed from Yunnan, through Southeast Asian countries and India, to Rome in Europe, and played an important role in trade and cultural exchanges in history. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, the ancestors of the Zhuangs and the Dais came to or settled down in most parts of Yunnan of China and the neighboring Thailand, Vietnam, Burma and Laos. This area was the hub of "the Southern Silk Road", where the Pattra-leaf culture of the local ethnic groups exerted far-reaching influence. Today we should take advantage of this geographical vantage point and improve the economic and cultural exchanges between Yunnan Province and the neighboring Southeast Asian countries in order to quicken Yunnan's reform and development.