Yunnan,with varied ethnic groups and diverse cultures,lies in the border area of Southwest of China. Before the reign of Emperor WU,western Han Dynasty,the social development in Yunnan was quite imbalanced and was in ...Yunnan,with varied ethnic groups and diverse cultures,lies in the border area of Southwest of China. Before the reign of Emperor WU,western Han Dynasty,the social development in Yunnan was quite imbalanced and was in different historical stages varied from the society of primitive tribe to that of slavery. After Emperor WU,Yunnan became a part of Han Dynasty. Till Eastern Han Dynasty,the majority of ethnic groups mixed together with Han nationality and entered gradually into the feudal society. Their cultures also witnessed the development from Bronze Age to Iron Age. This article aims at illustrating the great impact that the unification of Southwest area has played on the economic and social progress.展开更多
The gilt silver ewer with decorative patterns unearthed from a Han-and-Jin period tomb at Shangsunjiazhai in Datong,Qinghai Province is a valuable object to researching into early Sino-foreign cultural exchange. Throu...The gilt silver ewer with decorative patterns unearthed from a Han-and-Jin period tomb at Shangsunjiazhai in Datong,Qinghai Province is a valuable object to researching into early Sino-foreign cultural exchange. Through a comparative study of this article and the West Asian,South Russian and Mongolian finds identical with it in decorative pattern and similar in making technology it can be concluded that this ewer must be a product in the Hellenistic Parthian style made no later than the AD 1st century. In the eastward diffusion of this decorative style and making technology,the Eurasian steppe road controlled by the Sarmatians and Xiongnu played the key role. The ewer under discussion may have been made in some place of Central Asia,and its last user must have belonged to the Lushui-Hu differentiated from Xiongnu.展开更多
文摘Yunnan,with varied ethnic groups and diverse cultures,lies in the border area of Southwest of China. Before the reign of Emperor WU,western Han Dynasty,the social development in Yunnan was quite imbalanced and was in different historical stages varied from the society of primitive tribe to that of slavery. After Emperor WU,Yunnan became a part of Han Dynasty. Till Eastern Han Dynasty,the majority of ethnic groups mixed together with Han nationality and entered gradually into the feudal society. Their cultures also witnessed the development from Bronze Age to Iron Age. This article aims at illustrating the great impact that the unification of Southwest area has played on the economic and social progress.
文摘The gilt silver ewer with decorative patterns unearthed from a Han-and-Jin period tomb at Shangsunjiazhai in Datong,Qinghai Province is a valuable object to researching into early Sino-foreign cultural exchange. Through a comparative study of this article and the West Asian,South Russian and Mongolian finds identical with it in decorative pattern and similar in making technology it can be concluded that this ewer must be a product in the Hellenistic Parthian style made no later than the AD 1st century. In the eastward diffusion of this decorative style and making technology,the Eurasian steppe road controlled by the Sarmatians and Xiongnu played the key role. The ewer under discussion may have been made in some place of Central Asia,and its last user must have belonged to the Lushui-Hu differentiated from Xiongnu.
