Speaking of Uyghurs, we generally think of Xinjiang as we do by reflex, thinking of the two foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, the desert, the grasslands, and the beautiful Guli and handsome Balang... The Uyghur people are also known for their hospitality, singing and dancing, and their appearance is deep eye sockets, high nose bridge, black and shiny eyes, and fair skin.
You all love the Uyghur beauty Di Li Reba
But is it only in Xinjiang that Uighurs settle down? Today, Xiaobian will take stock of the Uyghur ethnic groups scattered in the Central Plains for you.
1. The Uighur surname of Taoyuan County, Hunan
The Uyghurs in Taoyuan came from the Gaochang Uighurs of the Genghis Khan period, that is, the Hami and Turpan generations in Xinjiang today, and belonged to the Wang clan of the Gaochang Kingdom. In 1227, Hale, a general of the Islamic Army under the command of Genghis Khan, led an army to destroy Western Xia and entered the area of present-day Gansu and Ningxia, and because of his outstanding military achievements, his descendants also served as officials in the Yuan Capital (present-day Beijing). In the middle of the fourteenth century, when the Yuan Dynasty destroyed Mingxing, Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, in order to quell the rebellion in the south, used Hale Eighty, a descendant of Hale and then the commander-in-chief of Yanjing, as the governor of Dadu, and led an army to march south and enter present-day Hunan and other places. Because of Halle's merits in breaking the enemy eighty times, Zhu Yuanzhang named him "General of Zhennan Dingguo" and gave him the surname "Zhai", and his descendants also settled in Taoyuan County, Changde District, Hunan For a long time, using "Zhai" as a surname, which continues to this day.
Uighur villagers in Taoyuan County were interviewed
The famous historian Zhai Bozan in China is a Uyghur from Taoyuan County, Hunan.
Jabzan
2. The Surname of Wei in Changge City, Henan Province
There are about 700 Uighurs with the surname Changge Zhai, who have been away from the ethnic group for many years and intermarried with the Han Chinese, and the physiognomy characteristics of the Uighur surname Changge zhai are Sinicized. But religious beliefs and ethnic taboos remain. Nowadays, except for a few imams and elderly people who can still speak a few Uyghur languages, the vast majority of young people have more common Chinese languages.
Uyghur style earthen architecture
3. Liu surnamed Uyghur in Shichi County, Henan
There are about 1,600 Uighurs surnamed Liu in Henan, and ethnic customs and habits, including appearance, have been completely changed, and Uyghur identity can only be proved through identity cards and household registration books.
A Uyghur elementary school student surnamed Liu in Shichi
The Uyghur people scattered in the Central Plains, most of them are caused by history and war. No matter how many times they have experienced displacement, they are now living and working in a country of great national integration in China. Because of natural disasters, man-made wars and other reasons, most of the world's ethnic groups have experienced migration, and ethnic groups have experienced integration, such as the famous wandering ethnic gypsies, Shaanxi villages in Kazakhstan, and Jews in Kaifeng, China, and so on.
History is a mirror, should we cherish today's hard-won era of peace?
Source: Xinjiang New Discovery, is a book story