今青海东部地区,大约即唐代的鄯州,这里自古以来就是一个多民族聚居的地方。秦汉以来该地区生活着羌、鲜卑、吐谷浑、吐蕃等民族。而这一地区的建置名称,从汉代起到宋代也几经改变。直到了宋代时,宋朝从吐蕃收复这一地区后,改名为西宁州。从此之后,西宁才作为这一地区的地名沿用至今。而在这一地区建置改变的过程,也同时进行着民族的融合的过程。 Today, the eastern part of Qinghai Province, about the Danzhou in the Tang Dynasty, here since ancient times is a multi-ethnic place. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Qiang, Xianbei, Tuyuhun and Tubo people live in the area. The construction of the name of the region, from the Han Dynasty to the Song Dynasty has also changed several times. Until the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty from Tibet to recover the area, renamed Xining state. Since then, Xining was used as a place name in the region until now. In the process of building a change in this region, the process of national integration is also going on.