The Intermarriage Between Huaxia And Non-Huaxia In The Spring And Autumn Period

Spring and Autumn Period is an important period of changes in Chinese history. It is a period that the slavery heads to declining and feudalism comes into being. As far as nation is concerned, the more changes happen, the stronger the national integration shows. Huaxia, as a united community, gradually comes into being. Minorities, who inhabit around it, move to the central plain in a large amount and integrate with Huaxia. Huaixa, therefore, is not a single nation, but an organic unity with other nations. Although Zhou and other rulers insist on "Not Our Nations, Not Our Brothers", they can not stop the step from integrating. In order to get involved with Huaxia, minorities like Man, Yi, Rong, Di, usually build up a relationship through wars, alliances, intermarriages. In a word, they do that just out of political needs. If wars and alliances can be considered as the mainstream in that period, intermarriages must be seen as the necessary and effective complement which are often applied by the rulers with diversified forms. By intermarrying, they establish a more close relationship. It can be said that it is the blood integration, or see it in a further way, it breaks blood through which makes a great contribution to the united national community.