Qiang Ethnic Group

When it comes to the Qiang ethnic group, the verses that 'Why should the Mongol flute complain no willows grow? Beyond the Gate of Jade spring wind will never blow!' in Liang Zhou Ci written by Wang Zhihuan, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, make the reputation of Mongol flute (also known as Qiang flute) widely known, in addition to oracle bone inscriptions and literatures of the primordial times. Coincidentally, there are also verses that 'When and how can we home go? A toast to our hometown though. A Qiang flute through frost does flow.' In Yu Jia Ao (free-spirited fisherman) written by Fan Zhongyan, an outstanding litterateur in the Song Dynasty. According to relevant researches on the history of the Qiang nationality, the ethnic group began to move southward from the northwest pastoral area in succession at the latest during the Spring and Autumn period, and formed today's landscape of living along the Minjiang River and Fujiang River basins in the Song and Yuan dynasties.