秦汉时期畜牧业在西北边疆地区的经济体系中仍然占据着重要的地位。这一时期地处西北边疆的六盘山地区,因其优越的过渡性地理环境,交通事业的发展及其所带动的边境贸易的繁荣,以及统治者鼓励政策共同造就了该地区畜牧业的繁荣发展。 Animal husbandry in the Qin and Han Dynasties still occupies an important position in the economic system of the northwestern frontier region. The Liupanshan area, located in the northwestern frontier during this period, has created the prosperity and development of the livestock husbandry in the region due to its superior transitional geographical environment, the development of transport industry and the prosperity of its border trade as well as the encouragement policies of the rulers .