The Tibetan Empire, in the 7th and 8th centuries AD, was a superpower that could wrestle with the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire. However, in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, with the attack of the Tang Dynasty's border army on Tibet and the civil strife in Tibet, the Tibetan Empire went into decline.

After Zhao Kuangyin established the Northern Song Dynasty regime, the ants of the Tubo tribes gathered in Liangzhou (Wuwei, Gansu) under the leadership of the Pan Luo Branch, known as the Liugu Fanbu.

The Liugu Fanbu was far away in the Hexi region, and the vast area west of Qinfeng Road and Chengdu Fu Road in the Northern Song Dynasty was occupied by a variety of Tubo tribes, who were nominally subordinate to Pan Luozhi; But I spend most of my time doing my own thing.

Li Jiqian thought that this was an excellent opportunity, and if he had drawn the Tubo tribes in the surrounding areas to form a united front with the party members through the Southwest Qiang, the same clan group in Shiquan County, Maozhou, then it would only be a matter of time before Liao was destroyed and the north was destroyed.

Therefore, he led 100 dead soldiers to ride 300 war horses from the Wuding River.

At this time, the time was 980 A.D., five years after the Taiping rejuvenation of Taizong of the Song Dynasty; After usurping the throne, Zhao Guangyi was busy annexing the Northern Han Dynasty, and after getting the Northern Han Dynasty general Yang Yehou appointed him as the Daizhou Assassin, Yang Ye defeated the Khitan army at Yanmen Pass; Kill his general, Xiao Du (duo) Li.

This year, Li Jiqian was 17 years old, and he felt that the Song and Liao families were in full swing; The emptiness of the southwest is a good time for it to develop its strength.

17-year-old Li Jiqian has such lofty ambitions, and his wolf ambition can be glimpsed and known to the whole leopard.

Liu Min and Grandpa Huo came to Shiquan City, of course they wouldn't see Li Jiqian at first; In front of them was an open field surrounded by mountains on three sides, and on the open ground was a bunker-like building.

This is Shiquan County in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the county seat is established in Yuli Town, the hometown of Dayu; Liu Min came here in the 21st century to help the disaster, when the Wenchuan earthquake of 2008 AD almost razed the ancient buildings of Yuwang Town to the ground.

But at this moment, it is the 5th year of the Taiping Rejuvenation of the Northern Song Dynasty, 980 AD; The ancient buildings here are still lined up, which makes Liu Min very excited.

Liu Min said to Grandpa Huo: "Grandpa, is this Shiquan City the hometown of Dayu!" ”

Grandpa Huo came here when he was young and listened to Liu Min's inquiry; Yang Yang raised his arm and said happily: "Yes, yes! This is Yuwang Town, the hometown of the Chinese water control hero Dayu! ”

"Dayu is a Qiang person!" Grandpa Huo said bluntly: "The people of Yuli Town respect Dayu as their ancestor, and there are many sacrificial activities every year!" ”

Liu Min let out an "oh" and stared around; Thinking that he has been thinking about the question since he was in later generations: Is Dayu the ancestor of the Qiang people?

If Dayu is a Qiang, then Emperor Yan is also a Qiang; And Ma Chao and Jiang Wei during the Three Kingdoms were also Qiang people.

In this sense, the Qiang nationality can be said to account for half of the Chinese nation.

The answer seems to be yes. Liu Min later went to Guanzhong and Western Mansion, where there was a Jiang Yan City where Emperor Yan was born.

Emperor Yan is the founder of Chinese agricultural culture, and the people worship him as Shennong the Great.

In 3976 BC, Emperor Yan was born in the Weishui Basin, and Emperor Yan was surnamed Jiang; Jiang and Qiang sound close, it should be Qiang.

Later, the Yandi Jiang clan developed eastward along the Weishui and Yellow River basins to the Central Plains around Henan, Hebei, Hubei, and Shandong, and gradually shifted from animal husbandry to farming.

It should be said that the Qiang people were the first people in Asia to create a pastoral culture and enter agricultural production.

In 2008, Liu Min participated in the Wenchuan earthquake relief work as a medical student; At night, I played in a tent with the Qiang villagers in Yuli Town; The villagers told the story that they were the Yandi tribe and their ancestors were Dayu.

Dayu is the first chieftain and wizard of the Qiang people, Dayu controls the water, covers China, and graces Kyushu; The Qiang people are proud of having such an ancestor, and worship as the first water god in the world, worshipping for generations.

Sichuan Qiang area - the upper reaches of the Min River, the source of Fushui, and both sides of the Tsing Yi River all have Dayu Temple or Yu Palace, and people are allowed to worship in order to remember the eternal kindness of their ancestors.

Yuwang Town, Shiquan County, Yu's hometown, was called Beichuan County in later generations; There are "Yu Cave", "Erping", "Shi Niu Mountain" and Yuwang Temple, Yuwang Palace and other historic sites and holy places, let people admire, in order to commemorate the merits of Yu.

The Qiang people's interpretation of the Qiang people in various ritual activities to please God, to invite Dayu.

Shibi is the most authoritative cultural and intellectual integrator of the Qiang people, in the strange and primitive religious culture left by the ancient Qiang people; People believe in animism and polytheism, and Shabi is revered as a person who can connect the realm of life and death, directly to the gods.

The water sacrifice ceremony is mostly carried out in the Yuwang Temple and Yuwang Palace.

The god of the main sacrifice is naturally Yu Wang Dayu, then Shi Bi in front of the statue of Yu stepped on the "Yu step", dancing "Sharon", singing and praising the great deeds of Yu to control the water, remembering the merits of Yu to control the water, and praying for Yu to bless the prosperity of the Qiang village, the prosperity of the six animals, and the life of the year.

Liu Min and Grandpa Huo stood on the streets of Shiquan City and stared at these castle-like buildings, talking about Dayu, the ancestor of the Qiang people; I can't help but feel a lot of emotion.

Liu Min suddenly felt that his stomach was very hungry and hungry; The hollowing of her stomach made her flustered.

Liu Min stopped and looked at Huo Renfu and said, "Grandpa, Minzi is hungry!" Hungry! Hungry! ”

Grandpa Huo heard Liu Min say this, and sighed: "Grandpa's stomach is also hungry!" It's just that it's not publicized! ”

Grandpa Huo said thoughtfully: "Think about it, our grandfather and grandson came out of the Xuanji Cave and walked along the canyon path; I met two temples on the way and filled my stomach, and when I came to Shiquan County, I didn't have to be hungry! ”

"Grandpa, you're hungry too! Then we'll have to talk about the belly! Liu Min said in line with Huo Renfu's words.

As soon as the words fell, he suddenly frowned and glared at Huo Renfu and said: "Grandpa, the two meals we ate in the canyon were donated by temple monks and Taoist priests without paying for it, but this is Shiquan County, and if you want to eat, you have to pay out of your own pocket; But we didn't bring any money! ”

"We don't have any money!" Grandpa Huo said disdainfully: "But you can beg!" ”

Grandpa Huo said and pointed his hand to the front and said, "There is a step ahead, Toshiko, you sit there; Grandpa is here to beg for a bowl of rice! ”

Grandpa Huo said, took off the dragon head huqin on his shoulder, handed it to Liu Mindao: "Huqin Minzi, you take it, grandpa will come when he goes!" ”

"Grandpa, slow down!" Liu Min took the dragon head huqin from Grandpa Huo's hand and suddenly said, "Grandpa, we are begging for food with a golden rice bowl!" Don't make people laugh and drop their jaws! ”

Huo Renfu was stunned, stared at Liu Min in a daze, and said in his mouth: "What...... Gold...... Rice bowl ......"

Liu Min turned the dragon head huqin in his hand and grinned: "Grandpa, what do you see here!" ”

Huo Renfu looked at the dragon head huqin in Liu Min's hand, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he raised his voice and said, "Yes! Didn't grandpa learn to play the huqin in Xuanji Cave? Toshiko can sing and dance, won't the two of us have money to eat if we dance together? ”

Huo Renfu said, and took the dragon head huqin from Liu Min's hand and opened the piano case.

Here I have to explain, before Liu Min and Grandpa Huo left Xuanji Cave; Grandpa Huo specially went to the carpenter of the Baigongfang in Xian Miscellaneous Courtyard and asked the master craftsman to make a pair of piano cases for his halterhead huqin.

The master craftsman said: "This is easy, let Grandpa Huo draw a pattern; They will be able to do it in no time! ”。

Where Huo Renfu can draw, even if he can draw, he doesn't know what the piano case looks like; dragged Liu Min to the scene.

Liu Min is the thinking of a medical doctor in the 21st century, and there are many Huqin boxes seen in later generations; Immediately sketched a picture of the Huqin box on the straw paper, and the craftsmen of Baigongyuan quickly made a pair of Huqin boxes according to the pattern and handed it to Grandpa Huo......