A Study on Ba-Shu Culture in Chenddu Basin, Sichuan

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XianOin Culture in the Chenddu Plain consists of Baodun Culture in the late New Stone Age, Sanxingdui Culture in the Yin Era Shi'er qiao Culture in the late Yin Era and the Xizhou-Chunqiu Era, and Shangwangjiaguai Culture in the Zhangguo Era, all of which are part of Shu Culture. On the other hand, Weijialiangzi Culture, which existed about the same time as Baodun. Culture, existed in and around Chongqing, where Ba Culture flourished later. Thus, the origin of Ba-Shu Culture dates back to the late New Stone Age. To investigate Ba-Shu Culture in relation to ancient cultures in Chuanxi Plateau and Xibei Plateau, I analyzed the burial called Shiguanzang peculiar to the areas along the Minjiang, Daduhe, Yalongjang, Jinshajang, and Lancangjang rivers. Examinations on this burial aroud the upper part of the Minjiang river, where this burial was the most prevalant, revealed the following. First, this area had been on the main route connecting the northwestern and southwestern parts of China since ancient times, and a number of ethnic groups moved to the southwestern part of China through this route. Second, those who left Shiguanzang were Ranmang people, who inhabited in the mountains in the southwestern part of Sichuan from the Zhangguo Era through the Han Era and who consisted of the ethnic groups called Qiang and Di. Considering Shu people, who played the main role in Ba-Shu Culture, they came from the Minshan Mountains and the Qiongrai Mountains along the upper part of the Minjiang river, where Qiang and Di peoples lived in the XianQin Era. Therefore, we infer that there were strong relationships between Shu people and Qiang and Di peoples, and that Shu people stemming from Qiang and Di peoples mainly started Sanxingdui Culture, which represents Shu Culture.