历史时期赤水河是“南方丝绸之路”的重要支柱。西汉时期随着唐蒙取道赤水河,赤水河成为西汉王朝在巴蜀向“西南夷”腹地推进的重要军事通道;东汉开始,赤水河流域经济文化较快发展,赤水河成为巴蜀繁盛之地向“西南夷”腹地传播先进文化技术的经济通道;西晋末李氏据蜀,人口锐减,李氏引僚入蜀,赤水河成为牂牁等“西南夷”腹地向巴蜀遗民的民族走廊;唐宋前期赤水河流域经济文化继续发展并留下大量遗迹,赤水河在南方丝绸之路中主要充当经济文化交流通道;南宋后期,因防御蒙古的需要,赤水河则主要充当军事往来通道;明清以来,随着贵州设省及改土归流的推进,赤水河流域开发加快,在川盐入黔、皇木转运、黔铅调运等国家资源调配之下,赤水河流域交通的经济功能凸显,虽然平播之战、平奢之乱、平吴之乱亦有取用赤水河行军,其军事通道的意义相较预经济大通道的重要作用要逊色。当今在“一带一路”战略统筹下,系统考察历史时期赤水河在“南方丝绸之路”中的属性与价值,让其继续发挥南方丝绸之路支柱作用有着重要意义,可为赤水河流域区域社会的发展带来巨大的“南方丝绸之路”遗产福利。
Chishui River is an important mainstay of the South Silk Route in historical period;Chishui River became an important military channelbetween Bashu and southwest ethnic minorities region when Tang Mengmarched through it in the Western Han Dynasty. Chishui Riverhecomes an economic channelbetween Bashu and southwest ethnic minorities region which is used to spread advanced culture in the eastern Han dynasty.At the end of the western Jin dynastyLee occupy bashuand lead the liao living there, Chishui River became an Ethnic Gallery between Bashu and southwest ethnic minorities region at that time;In the early stage of Tang and Song dynasty,the drainage basin of Chishui River' economy and culture continued to develop and left a large number of relics. Due to the needs of defense Mongolia, Chishui River is mainly served as a military channel. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the setting of the Guizhou province, the promoting of bureaucratization of native officers and the National resource allocation such as Sichuan salt transported into Guizhou,the transportation of nanmu ,the transportation of Guizhou plum-bum, the drainage basin of Chishui River' s economic functions was increasingly prominent.However, the significance of its military channel compared to the important role of the economic channel is inferior.Nowadays, under the strategic coordination of "One Belt and One Road",It is of great significance to study the attributes and values of the Chishui River in the South Silk Route during the historical period. It is of great meaning for the Chishui River to continue to play the pillar role of the South Silk Route. It can bring the great relic welfare of the South Silk Route to the drainage basin of Chishui River' s regional and social development.