The Research About External Nation Of Chang An During The Western Han Dynasty

Whether in ancient times or in modern and contemporary times, intercourse between different districts and different nations is always the vitality of a city. Undoubtedly Chang An city of the Tang Dynasty was on of the largest number of foreign population and the most dynamic cities in ancient China, and the Western Han of Chang an City was start this trend. Both Chang an in Han Dyansty and in Tang Dyansty are called cosmopolitan city by scholars.This article study external nation as a main object, study from foreign policy, examines the composing of external nation in Chang an city, the activity of external national in different status, the social environment of external national and "Hu Culture" is populated in Chang an, at the same time the notion of China about the world and the the world about was change.The view of this article is that the strength of state power is the direct reason for Western Han Dynasty's foreign policy change.Because of the needs of politic and economic,the extra-territorial regimes sent their important person living in the Han Dynasty for a long time, except for which,they also dispatched envoys and encouraged the exchange of merchants.Chang an of Western Han Dynasty provided the external ethnics a excellent social condition which is relatively stable for a long time,but the condition had been changed between the time of Wang Mang usurper and New Mang period.Because of living of many external ethnics and existing of many worthy things which is from external,atmosphere adoring "Hu Culture" is gradually formed in city of Chang an.The long positive exchange between both sides changed the world view in china and the view of china in world, in which field china is in front of westerns.