北庭故事

• 作者: 王东平 谭成军 郝沛
• 来源期刊: 中国民族：英文版
• 学科: 历史
• 关键词: 中国 新疆 北庭地区 少数民族地区 民族政策 民族文化 宗教信仰 丝绸之路
• 年，卷（期）: 2004,（1）
• 页码范围: 96-105
• 页数: 10页
• 分类号: K294.5

摘要

No other place on the ancient Silk Road had so many names like Beiting in Jimsar County of China's Xinjiang. It was referred to as the Valley of Wutu, City of Jinman, City of F utu-Khan, Xiadu (Summer Capital), Bashbaliq, etc. in defferent periods and under different political regimes, The story we are going to tell about it may help you understand why Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1889-1957), a British sch olar reputed for his interpretation of history from a cultural perspective, hoped to be born in Xinjiang of the first century AD after Buddhism had found its way into China. Amajor hub of communication that bridged the pastoral and farming regions on the northern section of the Silk Road, Beiting features a cultural diversity built up by people of so many ethnic groups throuhg political, economic, religious and cultural exchange-also through wars. It is for such a cultural diversity that Toynbee cherished so profound on admiration for ancient Xinjiang.1