What is the relationship between Sherpa people in Songpan, Sichuan and Sherpa people in Tibet?

Sherpas belong to the same nation and are distributed in different regions.

Sherpas mean "people from the East" in Tibetan, and they are mainly distributed on both sides of the Himalayas outside the borders of China, Nepal, India and Bhutan. The language is Sherpa, but there is no writing. The population is about 40,000, and there are only about 1.200 people in China and Tibet.

There are different opinions about the origin of Sherpas. Some people say that in the Genghis Khan era, an army of Ganzi, Sichuan was defeated by the Yuan Army and fled to Gaer, Tibet to settle down, becoming a Sherpa today. It is also said that Sherpas are immigrants who moved to Tibet from a place called Sciarcon Bu in Nepal. Most Sherpas agree with the latter. Sherpas have surnames but no surnames, which is no different from Tibetan names. Generally, they don't intermarry with foreigners. Religious belief is Tibetan Buddhism, mainly Sakya and Kagyu, and there are many primitive beliefs.

Although Sherpas in Nepal and Sherpas in China and Tibet belong to different nationalities, their languages, cultures and religious beliefs are basically the same, and they have the same ethnic origin. As for the origin of Sherpas, people only knew that they came from Tibet in the past, but the specific situation was unknown. From August 1980 to August 198 1 day, two scholars, Chen Naiwen and Zhang Guoying, from the Institute of Ethnic Studies of China Academy of Social Sciences, made a year's investigation in Tibet and found out the origin of Sherpas. It turns out that Sherpa people are Muyaba people, a branch of Tangut Qiang people. The leader of the Tangut Qiang people once established Xixia State. After the Mongols perished in Xixia, one of the Tangut Qiang people went south to Xikangmuya area. Later, Kublai Khan conquered Muya in the south. They fled Muya and moved to Tibet. Some of them crossed the Nangba Pass in the Himalayas and arrived at Solukumbu (also known as Xiarkumbu) in Nepal today. This group of people thrived in Solukumbu and formed the Sherpa people today. ?

As for the Sherpas in Songpan, it is said that Songpan is actually the birthplace of Sherpas ancestors. A branch of the ancient Qiang nationality of the Tangut, living in Songpan, Sichuan. In the Tang Dynasty, Tubo Songzan Gambu expanded to the outside world, which put great pressure on the Tangut people. Therefore, the whole family moved to Zhou Xia in Mobei. The original surname of Xixia leader is Tuoba. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the court actively suppressed the peasant uprising and named him Li. By the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the princes were cut, Li rebelled, and his power expanded. Later, when he died, his son Li Deming acceded to the throne and made friends with the Song Dynasty. At the same time, he expanded the western regions and later died of illness. His son Li Yuanhao succeeded him. Six years later, the Great Summer Kingdom was established, baldness was enforced, and characters were created. With Song Haoshuichuan, it won a great victory, with Liaohe Qu, it won a great victory, and it has become a decisive battle with Song and Liao. Yuan Hao was dissolute in his later years and was forced out of the palace by his son for robbing his daughter-in-law. In the last 200 years, Xixia was destroyed by Yuan, and the killing was exhausted. One of his clans fled to his hometown of western Sichuan, and the other was incorporated into the Yuan Army, which recruited the Song Dynasty, that is, the Tang Dance Army. Now there are descendants in Hebei, Henan and Anhui.