西夏是中国历史上的一个王朝，曾经强大一时，但被成吉思汗所领导的蒙古大军所消灭。党项人是他们的主导民族。党项是羌人的一支，现已基本上被蒙古人所杀。当时党项最强大的一个部落为拓跋氏，奇怪的是鲜卑人中最强大的其中一支也为拓跋氏。这两个拓跋部落究竟是一回事还是毫不相干，只是由于音译的关系才凑巧相同的呢？要知道这两个种群的起源地相去甚远，鲜卑起源于大兴安岭地区的鲜卑山，活跃于西伯利亚一代；而羌人则起源于四川，后来其中的一支也就是党项羌才移居到今天的宁夏一代建立起了不可一世的西夏王朝。那为什么那么巧两个完全不搭界的民族会同时拥有‘拓跋’这个部落呢？
Xixia (西夏) is one of the dynasties in Chinese history. It used to be very powerful, but in the end was diminished by the Mongolian army led by Genghis Khan. Dangxiang (党项）was the dominant race at that time. Dangxiang is one branch of Qiang (羌), now basically all killed by the Mongolians. One of the biggest tribe of Dangxiang was Tuoba (拓跋). Now comes the strangest thing. One of the strongest tribe among Sibe (鲜卑）was also Tuoba. Are these two Tuoba tribes related or do they not have any connection at all? Is it definitely the same Chinese Kanji or has the meaning been lost in poor translation? These two groups of people were extremely far apart. Sibe was originated from Daxinganling’s Mount Xianbei, and had been basically active in the Siberian area. Qiang was originated from the Province of Sichuan. After that one branch of Qiang, Dangxiang, migrated to today’s Ningxia area, and set up their powerful Xixia dynasty. What made these two different groups of people belonged to different tribes under the same name?
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