相人,也作襄人,他们起源于岷山南麓的襄阳城山,是古羌人的一支,也是黄帝族的亲族,曾随黄帝族东迁至今河北一带,先后受到夏、商的统治,被迫而逐渐南迁到川鄂边界的山区,后来又分布于澧水、溆水流域,建了一些向氏土司。同时,在汉晋,又有汉族向氏也南 Xiang people, also Xiang people, they originated in the southern foot of Mingshan Xiangyang Seongsan, is a Qiang people, but also the Yellow Emperor’s kin, once with the East Yellow Emperor moved to Hebei area, has been Xia, Shang rule , Forced to gradually move south to the mountainous areas of Sichuan-Hubei border, and later distributed in Huangshui and Huangshui watersheds, built some toast chieftains. In the meantime, in the Han and Jin Dynasties, there are Han Chinese also to the south