论河东盐池对华夏文明起源的重要作用

池盐是中国最古老的可供人们直接捞取食用的盐种。河东盐池位于华夏文明发源地的中心地带,有着几千年的悠久历史,河东盐池对华夏文明的形成有过独特而重要的也是无可替代的作用。特别是在华夏族的早期形成过程中,远古华夏族部落首领们曾为争夺盐源而战,有着地利优势的盐池也因此成为尧舜禹三代建都晋南的决定性因素,同时,盐池又是夏商周三代文明重要的经济基础。基于以上几个方面的原因,得出的结论是:盐池对华夏文明的形成有着最直接的或者说是决定性的作用。

On Important Role of Hedong Salt Lake in the Origin of Huaxia Civilization

Lake salt is the most ancient edible salt in China. Located in the central cradle of Huaxia civilization, Hedong Salt Lake has a history of several thousand yeas. It plays an important and special role in the formation of Huaxia civilization. Especially in the early period of its formation, when Huaxia tribal leaders unleashed wars for salt resources, Salt Lake of geographical advantage, therefore, became the decisive factor for Yao, Shun and Yu, three generations, to build its capital in Jinnan. In the meantime, Salt Lake was also the economic basis of Xia, Shang, Zhou, three dynasties. From the above, we can conclude that Salt Lake is the most direct or decisive factor for the formation of Huaxia civilization.