When it comes to the Sichuan Basin at the time of the Spring and Autumn Warring States, people with a little historical knowledge know that there are mainly two ancient kingdoms of Bashu and Shu, which are collectively called "Bashu", and the Sichuan region is also called "Bashan Shu Water and Bashu Land". Of course, there were also some other small princely states in the local area at that time, which will be introduced separately in the future. When people call "Bashu", they habitually say "Ba" in the front, and put "Shu" in the back, calling it "Bashu" instead of "Shuba". In fact, there is a reason for this.
(Qiangdi style)
The ancient Shu people were originally a branch of the Qiang people, and as early as the late Neolithic period, the Shu tribe came out of the mountains from the area of present-day Mao County and entered the Chengdu Plain. After the "Three Dynasties of Shu Kings", during the Western Zhou Dynasty, the duyu Dynasty of the ancient Shu state was established, with the capital of Yuyi (present-day Wenjiang District, Chengdu) and later moved to Piyi (present-day Pidu District, Chengdu). In the early Spring and Autumn Period (666 BC), Du Yu established the Enlightened Dynasty in Shu Xiang Turtle Ling, with the capital of Guangdu (present-day Huayang, Chengdu), and the capital was officially moved to Chengdu (present-day main city) during the reign of the Enlightened 9th Du shang (367 BC), and Chengdu officially began to establish the capital. Later, there were six dynasties in history who established their capital here, but the name "Chengdu" has never changed and has been used to this day. It seems that the history of Chengdu can not be said to be not long, culture can not be said to be unprofitable, in recent years, the sensation of the world archaeological community Sanxingdui, Jinsha site is the reproduction of the glorious history of the ancient Shu ancestors, the ancient Shu civilization is also known as the Chinese civilization, Liangzhu civilization and called The three ancient civilizations of China.
(Chengdu today)
The early Cubans originally inhabited the Jianghan River Valley, and later, under the squeeze of the rising Chu forces, they migrated step by step to the Three Gorges area of eastern Sichuan, conquered the original indigenous tribes in the local area, and gradually merged into a strong and warlike state. They are accustomed to conquest and migration, and they do not have much time to run a place for a long time, so in archaeological excavations, they have not found a decent ruins of the ancient capital of Pakistan. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Ba clan was enfeoffed as a sub-state for the merits of helping the King of Wu to cut down the silk, and the leader was the Clan of ji, so it was called the Ba Zi Kingdom, and the Ba people were able to formally establish an orthodox princely state, usually referred to as the "Ba State".
(Poster of "Dream Back to Pakistan")
At this point, you may have seen some clues coming. The Kingdom of Ba was an orthodox vassal state officially enfeoffed by the Zhou Dynasty. The State of Shu was not, and the early Kings of Shu were all self-appointed. In the consciousness of the Chinese nation, in which everything is said to be "orthodox," the superiority or inferiority of concubines is very obvious. What's more, the kings of the princely states that the Zhou Dynasty divided were all clan relatives or in-laws, either brothers and nephews, or uncles and old cousins. How can they look up to the "five-service outsiders" in those barbarian lands? Therefore, in the "Zhengshi" records, without exception, they are collectively called "Bashu", and there is no one called "Shuba". Although these two great powers have a thousand advantages in the east and a west, and even the history and culture of the Shu state are more brilliant than those of the Pakistani state, Chengdu is still the capital city of Sichuan, but with the pre-transmission of the "correct history", people are accustomed to calling the Sichuan region "Bashu". Did I make it clear?
(The pictures in the text are from the Internet)