On the Historical Orbit of the Dangchang Qiang Nationality

The national archaeological findings in Dangchang in Neolithic age are Qijia cultural relic and Majiayao cultural relic.The Shang dynasty was destroyed by King Wu during Shang-Zhou periods.Qiangdao,a branch of Xiqiang in Qin-Han periods,was established in the Han dynasty and abolished in the Jin dynasty.The Dangchang Kingdom was established by the Qiang in the Jin dynasty and was demolished in the Northern Zhou dynasty.Xiqiang was named Xibo in Ming-Qing periods and divided into Tibetan in later Qing dynasty.The Tibetan language in a modern sense is in fact a continuity of the ancient Qiang language,so the Qiang is the predecessor of the Tibetan.