Study On The Tombs Of The Zhou People In The Eastern Gansu Province During The Western Zhou Dynasty

This paper attempts to construct the age frame of Zhou People's tombs in the Western Zhou Dynasty,ethnic group,nationalities,as well as the relationship between Zhou People's tombs and the Zhou Dynasty,so as to analyze the cultural features of the eastern Gansu Province during the Western Zhou Dynasty.This article mainly uses the typology,the cultural factor analysis method and the double evidence method.This paper analyzes funerary objects of Londong area in the Western Zhou Dynasty tombs through the typology and separate period on burial of Longdong area.By using cultural factor analysis and double evidence method,this paper analyzes various cultural factors in the tombs of Zhou people in Longdong area,and probes into their nationalities and the relationship between their nationalities and the Western Zhou Dynasty.According to the analysis of funerary objects,Zhou People's burials in Longdong area is divided into four phases,namely before Western Zhou Dynasty,the early Western Zhou Dynasty,in the middle and late Western Zhou Dynasty.By analyzing the cultural factors on the tombs,we can get,the region culture in different periods are all complex.Before Western Zhou Dynasty,there are cultures of the pre-Zhou and Shang in Longdong area;in the early Western Zhou Dynasty,beside the Zhou Culture and Yin culture,there are also the Siwa culture and the Zhou Culture which is in the majority;in the middle of Western Zhou Dynasty,in addition to the Zhou Culture and the Yin Culture,it was appearing northern race culture;in the the late Western Zhou Dynasty,the Zhou culture is still found in the ground,which is in a small proportion,and the northern race culture increases the proportion.At the same time,combining the masterpieces of literature and new unearthed materials in Longdong area,the paper analyzes the relationship between countries of Longdong area in the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty,so as to get that,from the period of before Western Zhou Dynasty to the late Western Zhou Dynasty,the countries of Longdong area are on frequent interaction and close relationship with the Zhou Dynasty.