In January 1771, the Mongol Turks, who had lived in the Volga River Valley of Russia for nearly two hundred years, could not bear the genocidal policy of the Catherine Dynasty of Tsarist Russia, and under the leadership of the leader Wolbasi Khan, more than 200,000 people returned to their homeland, creating the last long-distance migration in human history.
The Qianlong Emperor warmly welcomed the submission of Woba Xi Khan and placed the Turbat Special Department in the area of Bazhou and Ejinna, and for this deed, the imperial book "Records of the You compassionate Turbat Special Department" was erected in the stele pavilion of the Temple of Putuo Zongcheng in the Chengde Mountain Resort.
This historical fact was also filmed into the film and television drama "The Legend of the Hero of Donggui". I watched the movie when I was in college, and I also checked some information at that time, and I was very touched by their heroic deeds.
In the exhibition "Why China", this period of history is displayed through the white iron helmet of the "Turk special department", the seal of "the loyal heroic king of the old Turk special department", the book of "All the Return of Turbats" made by Qingyu Liu Bingtian, the seal of "Politics in Raising the People" of the white jade horse button, and the seal of the sandalwood dragon button "Happy People's Music".
The seals used by the Qianlong Emperor, such as "the government is in the care of the people," "the people in all the seas are regarded as sons," and "the joy of the people," are the embodiment of the feelings of home and country and the national consciousness, as well as the empirical evidence of national unity and the stability of the frontier, and even more a beautiful expectation for the reunification of the country and the people's national peace.
(Movie poster from the Internet)