Qiang and Bianqiang. Written records about "Qiang" can be found in Shang Dynasty. A lot of activities about Qiang and Fang Qiang were recorded in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and Oracle Bone Inscriptions in the Yin and Shang Dynasties meant slave.
According to Oracle Bone Inscriptions's records about "Qiang" and "Fang Qiang", the territory of Qiang in Shang Dynasty is vast, roughly bounded by most of Gansu, western Shaanxi, southwestern Shanxi and northwestern Henan, and it is one of the "four states" in Shang Dynasty. Famous ethnic groups include "Northern Qiang" and "Ma Qiang". Its economic life is still dominated by animal husbandry. After the Qiang people joined the allied forces that overthrew the Shang Dynasty in Zhou Wuwang. The name of Bianqiang was first seen in the literature of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. "Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Jing" said: "Boyi's father gave birth to Xiyue, Mr. Xiyue was a dragon, and Mr. Long was a strong man. Hey, beggar's surname. " "Yi Zhou Shu Wang Huijie" said that "a strong border makes a bird". Kong Chao noted: "Border strength is different from Qiang, so it is called border strength"; Today it is called Weiwei. "If so, qiang is the name, the edge is a kind of qiang. Because of the variety of Qiang people, it is called "frontier strength". According to Gu Jiegang's textual research, both of them are surnamed Jiang, that is, they are both from Emperor Yan. Shuye Tong further argued that "Yoshioka" is like "the border is strong". Ginger is Qiang ... Ji is Di. " If so, it's an ordinary species, so it's called Gai Gai Late. After the Han and Jin Dynasties, Bianqiang gradually divided and became another ethnic group between China and Qiang.
Rong, Qiang Rong. In Zhou Wenxian, Rong is often referred to as all ethnic groups in the western non-Huaxia cultural circle. For example, The Book of Rites: ..... the west is proud, and some people don't eat it. "Also," Da Dai Cheng "contains:" ... people in the Western Empire say they are brave and strong. " Kao Rong should be a successor of the Yanhuang nationality. Gu Jiegang said: "The State of Jin and the State of Qin are surrounded by Rong Di." In other words, there are far more people living in Rongdi culture in Shanxi and southern Shaanxi today than in Han culture ... There are also Ji surnames and Jiang surnames in Rong, which makes us know that Ji surnames and Jiang surnames originated from Rong. The military families in historical records include "Dog Rong", "Jiang Rong", "Surgical Rong", "Lu Hunrong" and "Yi Qu". In terms of development level, they are between Jiang and Qiang. Ren Naiqiang pointed out: "In Qiang language, the valley suitable for farming is called Rong ... The difference between Qiang and Rong is the difference between animal husbandry and agriculture. One of the Qiang people moved from Gansu and Qinghai to the upper reaches of Minjiang River during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and gradually merged with local residents to form today's Qiang people.
China: Qiang, Tibetan, Yi, Hani, Bai, Naxi, Bo, Jingpo, Nu, De 'ang and Lahu.
Myanmar: Burmese (35 million), Kachin (Jingpo,1500,000), Karen (nearly 5 million), Kai (more than 200,000), Qin (1100,000), Rakhine (2.6 million) and Ngái people (Hani). The total population of Myanmar is between 55 million and 60 million. The Qiang nationality accounts for about 90% of the total population.
India: Assam, India has a population of about 20 million nationalities.
There are also a few Qiang people in Thailand, Vietnam and Laos.