历史上，西部地区曾长期作为国家政治、经济、文化的中心。因此有着众多的历史文化名城。秦实现中央集权以来，汉族政权定都于西部的就有秦、汉、蜀、隋、唐诸朝，还有前赵、后赵、东魏、西魏、北魏、北齐、北周、西夏等可以同中央政权分庭抗礼的少数民族政权也都定都于西部。 Historically, the western region has long served as the center of the country’s politics, economy and culture. Therefore, there are many famous historical and cultural cities. Since the Qin Centralization, Han, Shu, Sui and Tang dynasties, as well as the former Zhao, the Later Zhao, the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Xixia, etc., have the same status with the Central Government The regimes in power that resisted the regime are also capitalized in the west.