Why does Fan Wenlan's "General History of China" think that Liangzhou, Gansu Province is the place where China's traditional culture is the most concentrated, and it is also the place where Western cu

Why does Fan Wenlan's "General History of China" think that Liangzhou, Gansu Province is the place where China's traditional culture is the most concentrated, and it is also the place where Western culture was first introduced? Liangzhou, on the Silk Road, is a place where eastern and western cultures collide. It rarely suffers from war and retains more primitive culture of China.

On a deeper level,

"Liangzhou" in the history of China is not only Liangzhou District in Gansu today. Since the county was founded in the Han Dynasty, the name of Liangzhou has been changed many times, sometimes it is called Wuwei, sometimes it is called Guzang, sometimes it is called Xiliang, sometimes it is called Liang Qian, and its territory is also large and small. At its peak, it occupied more than half of Gansu and extended to several surrounding provinces, known as "Liangzhou Malaysia, running all over the world". However, Liangzhou's position in the history of China cannot be measured by the size of its territory. The study of China culture cannot bypass Liangzhou. For example, when Buddhism was introduced into the Central Plains, Liangzhou was the most crucial stop, and the Buddha's light came from the west. Since then, it has spread and has a later pattern; Kumarajiva, the four great translators of Buddhist scriptures in China, lived in Liangzhou for more than ten years, and his understanding of China Han culture was completed in Liangzhou. Up to now, his famous flaming tongue is still buried in Liangzhou, and he has been worshipped by passers-by in past dynasties; Learn from China's architecture, and you can't avoid Liangzhou. The original source of the pattern of ancient capitals such as Beijing and Xi 'an is Liangzhou. ..... In short, many aspects of China culture originated in Liangzhou. There are many corresponding evidences in Chen's On the Origin of Sui and Tang Systems.

The geographical location of Liangzhou is very important. Lanzhou in the east, Xinjiang in the west, mountains far away, and deserts all around. "The first line is connected with the desert, and the throat of five counties is gripped." Gulang Gorge is known as the "Golden Gate and Silver Lock" in the west of China. The narrowest part is only a few meters. One person can keep it, and ten thousand people can't. Therefore, many stories have been left, for example, the female general of Yangmen in the Song Dynasty, when conquering Xixia, went to Gulang Gorge and committed suicide by jumping off a cliff, leaving the legend of "Twelve Widows Tearing Cliffs". Also marked with Ma Jiajun in Gulang Gorge fierce battle, heavy casualties. Last time, I brought Wu Jinhai and Huang Tao, editors of Shanghai Culture Publishing House, to my home. When they passed Gulang Gorge, they couldn't help wondering: No wonder the marked army was frustrated. Here, as long as the machine gun is erected, it is difficult to pass. Indeed, it is a long and narrow corridor, with thousands of steep cliffs, like the waist of bees, and a path winding west in the middle. The western part of Liangzhou is Qilian Mountain, the eastern part is Tengger and Badain Jaran Desert, and the central part is the "Hexi Corridor" in geography books. Grasping Liangzhou means grasping the throat of the Silk Road.

? Liangzhou, because of its important geographical position, has become an important town of the Silk Road and a city of economic exchanges, which also determines its profound cultural accumulation. Liangzhou has been relatively stable since ancient times. As the old saying goes: "Qinchuan, blood has no wrist, only Liangzhou leans on the fence." Liangzhou people love peace, never exclude others, can bear the burden of humiliation, pay attention to "losing is a blessing", merchants never bully the weak and fear the hard, and gradually become an economic and cultural center. In the Tang Dynasty, "there were 100,000 households in Liangzhou, and the Hu people played the pipa half-heartedly." Said.