历史上的固原虽属边镇,但它的兴衰始终和中原安危连在一起。自秦汉以来,历代帝王统治者都将防御的主要精力放在西北。从战国开始就在固原以北修筑长城,至明代,修筑长城边防更成为明朝北边防务的重大措施。历史上固原所处的地理位置,使它成为中原通往西域的咽喉要地,丝绸之路要冲,中西文化在这里交融荟萃。先后有汉、匈奴、鲜卑、吐蕃、铁勒、柔然、高车、突厥、回骼、月氏、羌、氏、昭武九姓、蒙古、回、党项等众多民族在此生息繁衍,纵横驰骋,迁徙组合,建立和产生了各种政权组织、经济类型、生产方式、文化艺术、民族风俗、宗教信仰。期间,有战争,有和平,上下几千年。历史的风风雨雨,构成了源远流长,交融聚会的固原历史文化和多元一体的格局。固原历史称谓内涵极为丰富,从安定郡一高平一原州一固原,地名称谓的演变,不仅反映了每个时期特定的历史背景,也象征着社会结构趋向稳定的文化内涵。因此,固原这些称谓的演变,也是中华文明几千年历史进程的一个缩影。 Although Guyuan in the history is a border town, its rise and fall has always been linked with the Central Plains safety. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, all the rulers of ancient emperors have focused their defense on the northwest. From the Warring States Period, the Great Wall was built to the north of Guyuan and to the Ming Dynasty, the border defense building of the Great Wall even became an important measure for the northern border defense in the Ming Dynasty. Guyuan in the history of the geographical location, making it the throat to Central Plains to the Central Plains, the Silk Road impulse, Chinese and Western cultures blend here. There are many nationalities such as Han, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Tubo, Tiele, Rouran, Gaojiu, Turks, Huiqi, Yueshi, Qiang, Shi, Zhaowujiu, Mongolia, , Migration mix, the establishment and production of a variety of political organizations, economic type, mode of production, culture and arts, ethnic customs, religious beliefs. During the war, there are peace, up and down a few thousand years. The ups and downs of history have formed a historical and cultural multi-integrated pattern of Guyuan dating back to ancient times. The historical meaning of Guyuan is extremely rich in content. From the evolution of the original title of Guyuan and Guyuan in Anshun County to Guyuan, not only reflects the specific historical background of each period, but also symbolizes the cultural connotation that the social structure tends to be stable. Therefore, the evolution of these titles of Guyuan is also a miniature of the process of thousands of years of Chinese civilization.