On the Formation and Development of the Tibetan Tribe

As an ancient minority in China,Tibetan ethnic minority mainly distributes in the area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,which covers the area of Tibet,Qinghai,Sichuan,Yunnan,Gansu and other provinces and autonomous regions in nowadays. The paper discusses thoroughly the historical and cultural changes of the Tibetan society from the aspect of formation and development of the Tibetan ethnic minority about blood-related tribe,geography-related tribe,slavery tribe and feudal tribe. We can understand the great contribution made by ethnic minority in border land in the process of promoting the cohesion and prosperity of the Chinese nation.