早期的氐羌民族系统是一个笼统的概念。它是指发源于甘青地区,以及后经青藏高原东缘、四川盆地西部陆续南下至云贵高原的古代民族系统。这一民族系统后来形成了汉藏语系藏缅语族的各个分支民族。从语言学上看,藏缅语族的分支民族要远远多于壮侗语族、苗瑶语族的支系民族。然细究之,氐与羌在早期来源不同,可能分属于不同的根系,在随后漫长的历史岁月中,由于分布地区相同,生活习俗、文化面貌以及语言,经长期的相互交流融合渐渐趋同,后人于是将之视为同根同源的古代民族系统。事实上,氐与羌在早期是有区别的。羌是外来民族,而氐是分布于青藏高原东部及云贵高原山间平地的那些土著居民。早期羌人的来源很清楚。《说文》羌,西方牧羊人。羌人早期文化的最显著 Early Qiang ethnic system is a general concept. It is originated in the Gansu region, and after the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the western Sichuan Basin successively southward to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau ancient ethnic system. This ethnic system later formed the various ethnic groups of Tibeto-Burman languages ​​of the Sino-Tibetan language family. From a linguistic point of view, Tibetans and Burmese ethnic groups are far more than those of Zhuang and Dong ethnic groups and Miao and Yao ethnic groups. However, after careful study, the earliest sources of Qi and Qiang may belong to different roots. In the long historical years later, due to the same geographical distribution, living customs, cultural features and languages, after long-term exchange and convergence, People then regard it as an ancient ethnic system of the same origin. In fact, 氐 and Qiang are different in the early days. Qiang is a foreigner, while 氐 is a group of indigenous people located in the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the mountainous plain in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. The source of early Qiang is clear. “Said the text” Qiang, the Western Shepherd. Qiang early culture most significant