本文中的三晋地区,是指从黄河沿岸到黄土高原东南缘的区域,包括今天的河北中南部、山西、陕西东部、河南中北部以及内蒙古南部,东周时期分布在这一地区的主要文化是被称为周文化在东周时期直接继承者的晋文化及三家分晋后的三晋文化,也包括了东周时期的周王室及后分封的东周与西周两个小诸侯国的文化,因此有学者称之为三晋两周地区,或迳称这一地区为中原地区。北方文化是指分布在中国北方长城沿线内外地区的古代文化,这一地区西起祁连山东北麓,经鄂尔多斯高原和桑干河流域,东到 The Sanjin area in this article refers to the area from the Yellow River to the southeastern margin of the Loess Plateau, including the present-day central and southern parts of Hebei, Shanxi, eastern Shaanxi, central and northern Henan and southern Inner Mongolia. The main culture distributed in this area during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was The Jin culture known as the direct successor of Zhou culture in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the three Jin culture after the end of the Jin dynasty also included the culture of the Zhou royal family and the two lesser vassal states after the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Western Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, some scholars Call it Sanjin two weeks or call this area Central China. Northern culture refers to the ancient culture distributed both inside and outside the Great Wall along the northern part of China. From the northeast of the Qilian Mountains to the west of this area, it passes through the Ordos Plateau and the Sanggan River basin to the east