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Tianshan.com-Xinjiang Daily reporter Xiao Chunfei Yinlu Liu Mengmeng
April day in the world is in Xinjiang, when the Kunlun Mountains at the southern end are already full of flowers and trees, Altay skiing enthusiasts at the northern end are still flying passionately, enjoying the fun of ice and snow sports; when Hami at the eastern end is already lighted by thousands of families, the afterglow of the sunset on the Pamir Plateau at the western end is dyeing the snow peaks of the mountains into golden color.
The concept of geographical Xinjiang is one-sixth of China’s land area, so vast; the concept of historical Xinjiang has written a magnificent epic of migration, settlement, exchange and integration over the past thousands of years, so wonderful!
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has focused on the “two overall situations” and put forward the major original conclusion of forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation. This is the latest achievement in the sinicization and modernization of Marx’s national theory.
Only based on the historical view of the Chinese nation based on the community historical view can we understand Xinjiang, the origin and historical context of Chinese civilization, and the history of the Chinese nation – a history of the integration of all ethnic groups into a diverse and integrated Chinese nation, and the history of the great motherland jointly created, developed and consolidated by all ethnic groups.
Xinjiang is the most important channel for foreign exchanges of Chinese civilization, and has become a big magnet and melting pot for exchanges between Chinese and Western civilizations.
The China-Europe freight train is running lightning, and truck convoys shuttle and froze, international flights take off and land frequently, and the border trade market is full of people… From January to February 2024, the total value of foreign trade imports and exports in Xinjiang was 63.69 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 51.4%, and has achieved double-digit or above year-on-year growth for 28 consecutive months, becoming a veritable golden channel for China’s opening up to the outside world.
The Xinjiang land border is more than 5,700 kilometers long, bordering 8 countries, and has 20 open ports. It is the most convenient land route for China to connect Central Asia, West Asia, South Asia and Europe. Today, in southern Xinjiang, the construction of the China-Kyrgyz-Ukraine railway is progressing steadily; in northern Xinjiang, except for the two cross-border railways in Alasankou and Horgos, the third railway between China and Kazakhstan is progressing smoothly. As the forefront of China’s opening to the west, Xinjiang can be regarded as”The future is promising.”
As a once remote inland city, Xinjiang was awakened by the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative and continued its historical glory.
For thousands of years, only Chinese civilization has continued to this day for all ancient civilizations in various regions that have been recorded in history and illuminated the development path of world history. The protection of the geographical environment is a major factor: in the north, there are deserts and Gobi, and further north, there are severe frozen soil; to the west, there are plateaus and mountains, and then to the west, there is an insurmountable roof of the world; to the east and south of the continent are vast oceans. Before the era of geographical discovery from the 15th to the 17th century AD, the outside world could not easily cross the sea to come to China, and only the Xinjiang region in the northwest could lead to the world.
”For a long historical period, Xinjiang is ChinaBabaylanThe most important channel for foreign exchanges of Chinese civilizations by land. “Wu Xinhua, a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said, “Xinjiang is the only place in the Eurasian continent that directly connects East Asia, West Asia, South Asia and Central Asia. This is not only the junction of the huge geographical area of the Eurasian continent, but also the largest channel for exchanges of human civilization… Xinjiang has made great contributions in the exchanges of East and West civilizations.” “The old Persian Jia passed the quicksand at night and listened to camel bells to recognize roads. Picking bluestones by the Jade River, collecting mulberry and hemp from the eastern country.” People brought goods and thoughts to cross the Pamir Plateau, cross the scattered oasis or grassland, and going east through the Hexi Corridor or the Mongolian Plateau, which is the heart of Chinese civilization. Along the way, the Khantengli Peak, Bogda Peak in Tianshan Mountains, and the Mustague Peak in Kunlun Mountains are all important landmarks.
Turpan Museum, a grape vine that was 115 cm long and unearthed from the Yanghai Cemetery in 2003 is lying quietly. After testing, it has a history of 2,300 years, rewrites the history of China’s grape cultivation starting after Zhang Qian’s mission to the Western Regions, and advances my country’s grape cultivation time by at least 200 years. Looking back at that time, grapes from West Asia were brought into Xinjiang, with a lot of drops, sweet and juicy, so that the tomb owner buried the vines with him, looking forward to continuing to enjoy the delicacies in another world.
China has a history of humanity for millions of years, a history of culture for more than 5,000 years, and a history of civilization for more than 5,000 years. The exchange between Xinjiang and the Central Plains began as early as the pre-Qin period. The road of jade, painted pottery, corn, wheat…Cinema… took shape in exchange. Some scholars believe that a blue-white jade triangular ornament unearthed from the Jiangzhai site (about 6,700-6,300 years ago) is the first Hetian jade cultural relic to appear in the Central Plains. In 1976, many Hetian jades from Kunlun Mountain, Xinjiang were found in the tomb of the wife of the Shang Wang Wu Ding, excavated at the Yin Ruins site in Anyang, Henan.
In 60 BC, the Han Dynasty unified the Western Regions and established the Western Regions Protectorate as a military and political institution to manage the Western Regions.The roads to Xinjiang and Eurasian countries in the Central Plains are smoother, and items with more and more categories and richer levels are circulating on this road. The exchange of civilizations between the East and the West has gradually strengthened, like a long river of thought surging in two directions, turbulent in Xinjiang.
”The world has a long history, a vast territory, a self-contained system, and a far-reaching influence in the world: China, India, Greece, and Islam, and there is no fifth one; and there is only one where these four cultural systems converge, namely Dunhuang and Xinjiang regions of China, and there is no second one.” The famous scholar Ji Xianlin said this during his lifetime.
Xinjiang is not only a gateway for the exchange of Eastern and Western civilizations, but also an intermediary and hub. The outstanding inclusion of Chinese civilization is fully demonstrated here. In Xinjiang, we can deeply understand why Chinese civilization can evolve into a magnificent and vast civilization system integrating farming, grassland and marine civilizations.
The special geographical environment of Xinjiang is like a huge magnet, attracting multiple cultures and religions to gather, communicate, collide and integrate here. Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Manichaeism, Nestorianism, Islam, etc. have all been spread to Xinjiang one after another. Xinjiang is like a huge furnace, constantly melting various religions in history, forming a pattern of coexistence of multiple religions.
In 2013, the Xinjiang Archaeological Team of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences showed that this was a 2,500-year-old Zoroastrian (Zoroastrian) ancient tomb site, which was closely linked to the early Zoroastrian culture. Wu Xinhua, who presided over this archaeological excavation, said that as a key area of the Eurasian continental channel, many major events in world history have been carried out in Xinjiang to study the occurrence and development of human civilization. The Xinjiang region of China is an unavoidable and important area. “There is still a lot of work to be done for Xinjiang, a civilization intermediary area where ancient civilizations in the Eurasian continent are exchanged and interacted with each other.”
Quman site is located On the Jirzankal platform on the west bank of the Tashkurgan River, the mountains are surrounded by towering mountains, showing the majestic and vastness of the Pamir Plateau. Alima, the director of the Pamir Tourism Zone Explanation Group, still remembers the shock when she first came here: the large-scale black and white stone strips laid on one side of the surface of the tomb were made of black and white pebbles, black and white, intersecting each other, giving people a strong sense of light and dark light, representing the Zoroastrian fire worship, light worship, and good god worship. This black and white stone strip remains is also the largest geographic painting of Zoroastrianism that has been discovered on the Eurasian continent.
Although Zoroastrianism has long disappeared, the nations that have believed in Zoroastrianism in Xinjiang history still retain the custom of Zoroastrianism. In some places, brides have to circle around the fire before entering the new house; in some places, they celebrate the “Light Festival”.Torches will be lit on the roof and bonfires outside, and the whole village will shine like daytime. After Alima learned about history, she suddenly realized the origin of many customs in real life.
Any modern civilization is born from the integration of time and is the integration of multicultural elements in history, layer by layer, continuous progress, and continuous integration. The original historical and cultural traces will exist in this modern civilization and will not be completely wiped away. As Engels said, “History is everything to us.”
Time is so wonderful. The lion dance that young people from all over China are now passionate about has been introduced from Xinjiang to the Central Plains in history.
In 87 AD, King Anxi sent envoys to offer lions, and lion dance gradually moved eastward. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was recorded in “The Book of Yuefu Miscellaneous Books: Kucha Tribe”: “The Lion dance of the Five Constant Lions was introduced from Kucha to Chang’an.” In the Tang Dynasty, the “Five-way Lion Dance” was even more popular in Chang’an. The official often organized grand lion dance parties and spread to Japan.
A lion dance clay figurine was found in the ancient tomb of Astana in Turpan. Two performers hidden under the lion’s head and dress exposed their feet.
After the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, as the Central Plains immigrants moved south, lion dance culture was introduced to the Lingnan region, forming today’s Guangdong “Lion Waking”. In 2020, Wei Kaiyuan, a teacher at Xiuquan Foreign Language School in Huadu District, Guangzhou, went to Shufu County, Kashgar Prefecture to participate in Xinjiang aid work. His dream is to let young people in southern Xinjiang practice lion dance, strengthen their bodies, temper their will, and inherit culture, so that this excellent traditional Chinese cultural skill can take root at the foot of Kunlun Mountain again.
”When I was still in elementary school, Teacher Wei told us the historical story of how lion dance was introduced from the Western Regions to the Central Plains a thousand years ago.” Lion dancer Yi Minjiang Tursun said that it was those vivid details that made him and his friends gradually fall in love with dragon and lion dance.
What Wei Kaiyuan is looking forward to has been achieved today. Shufu County has more than 200 dragon and lion teams, and has many dragon and lion cultural schools, achieving full coverage of dragon and lion coaches in all rural primary and secondary schools in the county. This year they plan to participate in the 10th National Middle School Students’ Dragon and Lion Dance Championship.
After a thousand years, the lion dancer returns to the starting point with a new look; the young lion dancer in Xinjiang, listening to the sound of drum beats, still as excited as a thousand years ago.
Xinjiang is a place of continuous migration of people for thousands of years. Communication and integration add vitality to Chinese civilization
Who is the “Emperor Emperor” in “The Record of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty”?
At that time, Xuanzang returned from traveling west to seek scriptures, and Yutian stayed for a long time. The book has a lot of introspection about this. The book says: “In the past, this country was empty and empty, and there was no one, and Visarman was staying here. Prince Wuyou was detained in the Kingdom of Khashiluo. King Wuyou was angrily condemned and assisted, moved his wealthy family, left the north of the snow-capped mountains, and lived in the deserted valley. He moved people to chase the herds, and went to the western border, and elected the chief tyrant and made him king. At that time, the emperor’s son of the East was rebelled and moved to the east border, and the underlings persuaded him to advance, and he also called himself king…”Yes, in the era of King Wuyou (i.e. Ashoka of India), he exiled a group of powerful families and crossed the snow-capped mountains from west to east. The emperor’s son from east to west. Both sides came to the Hotan area today to settle and become king. The war broke out between the two sides, and the emperor’s son won.
The identity of the “Dongtu Emperor’s Son” is inconclusive in the academic world. There are sayings of “Di people” and “Qiang people”. Some people believe that “Dongtu Emperor’s Son” may be the son of Emperor Hong in “Shan Hai Jing” “Huun Dun”, and some people speculate based on the historical fact that Ashoka India and Qin Shihuang in China are in the same era: Could the “Dongtu Emperor’s Son” be the Prince of Qin Fusu, who built the Great Wall in northern Shaanxi at that time? Instead of committing suicide, he led his troops into exile all the way west to Yutian?
Because of the special geographical channel location, Xinjiang has been a multi-ethnic settlement since ancient times. In the Han Dynasty, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, various ethnic groups migrated frequently. If we can make a dynamic map of the population migration in ancient Xinjiang, we can see that the long river of time is bustling with each other, some have come, some have left, and some have integrated into other ethnic groups.
In June 2021, an old man with white hair but elegant figure brought her students to Tuyugou, Shanshan County, Turpan City. This was the last time she went to Xinjiang in her life. Shortly after returning to Beijing, she was diagnosed with cancer. Komiks, and died suddenly the following year.
She is Duan Qing, a famous historical linguist, and Ji Xianlin’s favorite disciple. She devoted her whole life to the research of ancient languages and characters, especially the “dead words in the Western Regions”, and Xinjiang is a place where her eyes have never left. Without her, the many ancient languages and characters left on the land of Xinjiang may have been a mystery forever.
The Tuyugou Grottoes and Buddhist Temple ruins were once rated as one of the top ten new archaeological discoveries in the country in 2010. The fragments of the documents found here include Chinese, Sogdian, Tibetan, Uighur, etc., with Buddhist scriptures, secular documents, ancient book annotations, etc. Some documents are preserved in full, and have chronicles inscriptions, which are extremely rich, and are known as the “library library”.
The difficult words and difficult documents are the splendid historical years that Duan Qing wants to restore the most. Because of her accurate interpretation, she presents the colorful life pictures of ancient society to people today.
Duan Qing said during her lifetime that real exchanges in history occurred during ethnic migration. She has studied the Serbians recorded in Chinese history, namely Greek historyThe so-called migration process of the Scythians, on the grasslands in northern Xinjiang and some oasis areas in southern Xinjiang, had a life of Scythians belonging to different ethnic groups, and later merged into a larger group. In ancient times, people living in the area of Khotan used both Chinese and Khotan. Khotan was very similar to the languages used by the Sai people. The living customs of some people in Khotan were also similar to those of the Sai people, but they did not think they were Sai people. Among the Khotanese documents that have been discovered so far, the writers all call themselves Khotanese people. This is the identity of the various ethnic groups after the integration of generations over the years.
Today in Xinjiang, there are more and more multi-ethnic families, the embedded living of each other in various ethnic groups is becoming more and more extensive, and the in-depth exchanges and integration in work and life are becoming more and more common. When many people encounter the question of “what ethnic group are you?”, they will answer loudly: “I am the Chinese nation!”
This is also the collective recognition of Xinjiang as a gathering of multicultural cultures and a gathering of multiple people.
After the founding of New China, from the People’s Liberation Army soldiers “cast swords into plows” to “Eight Thousand Hunan ladies going up to the Tianshan Mountains”, from the young intellectuals rushing to the frontiers, to the hot land of Xinjiang attracting more and more investors… In China, there are not many places like Xinjiang, where people continue to be replenished with fresh blood since ancient times. Due to their vast territory, it is different from big cities like modern Shanghai and contemporary Shenzhen, which are supported by population mobility, and show distinctive characteristics and continue to add vitality to Chinese civilization.
Xinjiang writer Liu Liangcheng once described the “Xinjiang face” in detail.
He said that his appearance gathers the characteristics of various ethnic groups in Xinjiang. “I look like both Uyghur, Kazakh, and a bit like Mongolian, and Hui people are also a bit like that. When I was working in the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, there were often Uyghur, Kazakh, or Mongolian friends who pushed open offices and asked me for a person or something in their language.” Why is this happening? Liu Liangcheng believes that “it is the reason for the eyes. The eyes of people in Xinjiang are indeed related to the distant geographical environment in Xinjiang. You can’t see the edge at first sight. When the sun shines directly, your eyebrows must sink down, and your eyes must also concave in. Over time, your eye sockets will penetrate deeper, and the eyeballs are Komiks grows inside, and you become like this look of looking at people…”
Another Xinjiang writer, Li Juan, was a child. When she was a child, her mother was in Xinjiang and her grandmother was in Sichuan. When she was young, Li Juan started to travel between Sichuan and Xinhai. Later, she settled in a remote village in Altay. She said: “In the closed corners I have lived in, batches of people flocked in to make a living, but most of them could not bear the hard and lonely reality there, and they left quickly. All those who stayed were brave, strong, optimistic and enthusiastic enough.”
Geographical environment is decisiveThe land of Xinjiang is vast, and it is common for driving on the road to avoid people for hundreds of kilometers. The relationship between people is very different from that of densely populated coastal economically developed regions.
The 63-year-old advertising planner Huang Hongjun is from Taipei City. He has worked and lived in major domestic cities such as Beijing, and has also been in Japan, the United States and other countries for a long time. Three years ago, he came to Xinjiang and participated in a number of projects such as the “Xinjiang Gift” brand building initiated by the Autonomous Region Department of Culture and Tourism.
When asked what was most attractive to Huang Hongjun in Xinjiang, he blurted out: “People!”
”I like to observe people growing here. In the Oabati Tajik Township, Pishan County, young people will bend slightly when greeting the elderly. The gray-haired elderly people will spend more than ten minutes leading the way for strangers, and their cheeks will be tightly pressed when hugging adults and children. This kind of respect and trust between people is rare.” Huang Hongjun said with emotion.
From ancient times to the present, people who came to Xinjiang and settled down have different purposes: some are to avoid war, some are to guard the border for the country, and some are to make a living for food and clothing – Xinjiang has a vast land and sparse population and abundant resources. How could people not cherish this land, the compatriots on this land?
In the sixth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1867), the Aguber invading army entered the northern border from the southern border, and plundered and massacred. In 1870, the militia leader Xu Xuegong led a team to resist. After several years of hard fighting, he finally waited for Zuo Zongtang’s army.
Xu Xuegong’s grandfather turned out to be an officer from Gansu. He was transferred to Xinjiang in 1777, and since then, the family has settled here. Xu Xuegong’s brothers were eight, his elder brother Xuexin and six younger brothers Xueming, Xuezhong, Xuequan, filial piety, Xuede, Xuede, Policy and Righteousness all died in the battle to defend their hometown. Although he was a farmer, he loved to read “The Biography of Jingzhong Yue”. He was generous and generous, and was honest in his official position. Unfortunately, there were not many people who knew his deeds now.
In the eyes of many people, Xinjiang is just “poetry and distant places” and does not fully understand the continuous and profound contribution of this land to Chinese civilization. Therefore, Liu Liangcheng used poetic language and hoped that more people could stand in Xinjiang to look at the entire motherland: “We only knew how great China was after we arrived in Xinjiang. My understanding is that when we arrived in Xinjiang, you actually stood in the northwest corner of the country and looked east and then the motherland. When you look like this, you added one-sixth of the territory of Xinjiang, plus the culture of Xinjiang for thousands of years, and the culture given by these cultures. All our connotations. When you stand in Xinjiang and look at the whole of China, there will be not only the Yellow River and the Yangtze River in your eyes, but also the Tarim River, the Ertse River and the Ili River; there will be not only the Huangshan Mountain and Lushan Mountain, but also the Tianshan Mountain, Kunlun Mountain and Altai Mountain… When you look at China like this, China will of course become bigger. If you add one-sixth of Xinjiang’s territory to your heart, your confidence in China will be greater at this time.”
Xinjiang is one of the main cultivation and continuation of the Chinese nation’s Han and Tang dynasties, leaving behind a strong spiritTemperament and strong cultural confidence
There is a famous attraction in Qitai County, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. The movie “Fengshen” was filmed here. In early spring, there are already many tourists. While many people are visiting the magnificent natural scenery, they will also rush to the ruins of Shichengzi not far away, feeling the heroic past of “Bloody Lonely City” and “Thunder Rescue” nearly two thousand years ago.
Shichengzi ruins are Shule City in the Eastern Han Dynasty. They are located on the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and are surrounded by mountain streams. They are easy to defend but difficult to attack. In 75 AD, the Huns’ army attacked Shule City fiercely. Geng Gong, the commander of the Wuji School of the Han Dynasty, led his army to fight bloody battles and refused to surrender. He worked hard for 9 months. In order to satisfy his hunger, the soldiers even cooked armor and crossbow strings made of raw cowhide. At the same time, another Han general Fan Qiang led his troops to rescue him. In the end, the two armies joined forces and broke out of the encirclement of the Huns, fought and retreated to Yumen Pass, but there were only 13 people left and they were “clothed and worn, describing their withered appearance.”
Historical records, Zheng Zhong, the general stationed in Yumen Pass, was moved when he saw the 13 warriors returning. He personally bathed and changed their clothes and submitted a memorial to the emperor to ask for merits: “Gong defended the lonely city with a single soldier. He was tens of thousands of Xiongnu people for more than a year. He was exhausted and digged mountains into wells and cooked crossbows as food. He died tens of thousands of times and died, and had no hope of a lifetime. He killed hundreds of thousands of ugly captives in the front and back, and was loyal and brave, not as a shame for the great Han Dynasty. Gong’s moral integrity has never been seen in ancient and modern times. It is advisable to be given a title to be a general.”
The author of “Book of the Later Han Dynasty”, Fan Ye, generals of Geng Gong and Su Wu, believed that Su Wu had Su Wu and Geng Gong in the Western Han Dynasty: “Yu ChuBabaylan Reading Su Wu Biography, I felt that he was not ashamed of the great man. Later, when I read the matter of Geng Gong Shule, I sighed and burst into tears. Alas, the meaning is more important than life, so it is so!” “
”Don’t be ashamed of the great man” and “not ashamed of the great man”, the ten big words, traveling through time, are still moving.
In the Han Dynasty, the Chinese had a strong sense of national consciousness for the first time, a strong sense of national identity and national responsibility. They are strong in spirit, proud of heroes, and proud of patriotism. The life value orientation of going to the Western Regions to strive to be heroes and consciously serve the country has lasted for more than 400 years in the Han Dynasty.
The Han Dynasty had many famous generals, but in addition to professional soldiers, the Han Dynasty civil servants were also very strong in their willingness to make contributions to the frontier. The stories of volunteering were spread all over history books.
Ban Chao, who made great contributions in the Western Regions, left the allusion of “sending his pen to join the army”. At that time, he said: “A real man has no other ambitions, and should follow Fu Jiezi and Zhang Qian to make contributions to foreign countries to be granted titles. How can he spend a long time with his pen and inkstone?” Among his idols, Fu Jiezi was even ahead of Zhang Qian. Fu Jiezi was a small civil servant during the reign of Emperor Zhao of Han. At that time, the Western Regions were unstable, and some cities defected to the Huns, looted the Han Dynasty caravans, and killed the Han Dynasty envoys. Fu Jiezi took the initiative and brought only 11 people to capture the thief and the king, kill the chicken to warn the monkey, and quickly stabilized the situation. He was later named Marquis of Yiyang.
Hero worship, passed down from generation to generation. The Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei is”The Veteran General” praises Geng Gong: “I vowed to let Shule come out of the flying spring, not like Yingchuan’s empty wine.” The Tang Dynasty poet Xu Hun praised in the poem “The Constant Attendant of Fufangqiu”: “Every time Penglai looks for peace and fire, he responds to Ban Chao Dingyuan’s achievements.”
Bloody, martial, and dares to be the first in the world. The prosperous Tang Dynasty also inherited the spirit of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions.
Yang Jiong, one of the “Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty”, once wrote “It is better to be a centurion than to be a scholar” to express his desire to make contributions to the army and guard the border. For a time, frontier poetry was a grand view. Many literati, like Gao Shi, the male lead of the 2023 anime movie “Thirty Thousand Miles of Chang’an”, went to the Western Regions one after another, both civil and military, and could “mount a horse and kill a thief and dismount and write poems.”
In the Tang Dynasty, the central government’s management of the Western Regions was stronger and more powerful, and it was improved and systematic in terms of force layout, jurisdiction and governance. In 640 AD and 702 AD, the Tang Dynasty established two Protectorate Palaces, Anxi and Beiting, and later it was upgraded to two Major Protectorate Palaces, in charge of the vast areas of the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. The Protectorate was the highest military and administrative organ of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions. It had a designated official position and full-time position. The Protectorate had a deputy Protectorate and a deputy Protectorate. The Anxi Protectorate Office governs 22 governor’s offices, and the Beiting Protectorate Office governs 23 governor’s offices. The oasis and grassland areas in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains are all unified.
The Tang Dynasty implemented the prefecture system in the ethnic minority settlement areas west of Yizhou, Xizhou, and Tingzhou. It established prefectures, prefectures, prefectures, and counties according to the tribe or region, and appointed local ethnic minority leaders as governors, governors and other officials. As officials of the Tang Dynasty, they all assumed the obligation to defend the country and send troops to help the war.
Article personnel saw the arduous border guarding life of soldiers of the Tang Dynasty thousands of years ago from the cultural relics cleared by the Keyakkuduke beacon site in Yuli County – “When the day comes, the spears are ploughed and the beacons are ploughed, and when the night comes, the beacons are ploughed.” They must not only guard beacon towers, observe the enemy’s situation, participate in battles at any time, but also participate in military farming to ensure military supplies, food and clothing, and stabilize the daily lives of local people of all ethnic groups.
The Tang Dynasty followed the tradition of central governments in the past dynasties to garrison the border and continued to implement the construction of garrisons in the Western Regions. According to statistics, at that time, there were 56 villages of military farming in the Anxi Dadu Protectorate and Beiting Dadu Protectorate. Based on the 50 hectares of each village, the military farming reached 2,800 hectares. Large-scale farming has promoted the development of social and economic development in the Western Regions and directly maintained political stability.
The documents found in the Keyakkuduk beacon site record the hometowns of the soldiers guarding the border: Shazhou, Hezhou, Qizhou… show that most of them are from the Central Plains. Some soldiers are over 50 years old but cannot change their guards and return to their hometowns because they encounter insufficient troops. But even so, they still hold the tenacious belief of “but letting the flying generals of Longcheng be there, and not teaching Hu horses to cross Yinshan.”
Xinjiang is one of the main cultivation places for the Han and Tang dynasties, and it is also a place where the Han and Tang dynasties are endless.The spirit of the Han and Tang dynasties remembers these two great dynasties in Chinese history, and what is left to future generations is strong spiritual temperament and strong cultural confidence.
The outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion also brought crisis to the stability of the Western Regions. Emperor Suzong of Tang Dynasty drew a large number of defenders from the Anxi Protectorate and Beiting Protectorate to quell the rebellion, resulting in the empty force of the Western Regions. Tubo took the opportunity to invade the Western Regions, blocking the connection between the Western Regions and the central government. Even so, the defenders in various parts of the Western Regions still tried their best to stabilize society and defend the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
In 2022, in the eastern tomb group of Badamu in Turpan, archaeologists from the Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Turpan Academy discovered the tomb of Cheng Huan, who was the deputy captain of the Beiting Protectorate in the Tang Dynasty.
The title of “Tang” or “Tang” is mentioned in the epitaph. It can be seen that Cheng Huan followed his superior Li Yuanzhong, when the country was in crisis, “respect the righteous and firmly guaranteed the border” and stood firm in the Western Regions with his soldiers.
After the fall of the central government of the Tang Dynasty in Hexi and Longyou, it completely lost its connection with the Western Regions. Li Yuanzhong and other lonely troops who stayed in the Western Regions sent envoys to express their conspiracy to contact the court many times, but were blocked from reaching Chang’an every time, “there have been no doubts for more than ten years.” It was not until the second year of Jianzhong in the Tang Dynasty (781 AD), when the messengers sent by Li Yuanzhong and others traveled thousands of miles to the Mongolian Plateau and came to Chang’an through the Uighurs, the court was surprised to find that Anxi and Beiting were still controlled by the remaining troops of the Tang Dynasty…
Li Yuanzhong held the Western Regions for 18 years, advocated frugality, encouraged the Komiks agriculture and sericulture, and with ethnic minority tribes that recognized the unified management of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, insisted on confronting Tubo until he died in office. There is no written record of when the white-headed army in the Western Regions he left behind disappeared from history. But the spirit of the Han and Tang dynasties has always been engraved in the blood of the Chinese nation, awakening the confidence in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The prosperity of a country and a nation is always supported by cultural prosperity.
In 2020, Xinjiang Tangjin Textile Co., Ltd. was established in Tumushuke City. The company’s head Zhang Wenmao said that the reason why it was named “Tangjin” is because Tangjin is gorgeous and grand, with exquisite weaving craftsmanship, engraved with the style of the Tang Dynasty, witnessing the exchange and integration of culture on the Silk Road, and is a peak of Chinese textile technology.
In addition to textile skills, Tangjin Textile Co., Ltd. is also famous for the academy it founded. Zhang Wenmao hired full-time Komiks teachers to provide excellent traditional Chinese culture training for employees’ children such as poetry, calligraphy and painting. The fragrance of books is filled with misty, and children recite Tang poetry and practice calligraphy. They are separated by a wall and are mothers who work with peace of mind.
A 11-year-old Aizimati Abudussemimi learned calligraphy for a year in the academy and his skills improved. “Many people asked me to help write Spring Festival couplets during the Spring Festival, and everyone praised me as a ‘little calligrapher’.” He said confidently with his little face raised.
”There is a smile on his face, a light in his eyes, and a dream in his heart. This is the true portrayal of the children of the new era that I have seen that are nourished by the excellent traditional Chinese culture.” Zhang Babaylan said that when he was happiest, he listened to his children reciting poems and lyrics. At present, 6 Tangjin Academy have been opened in Xinjiang.
Xinjiang is an important force in protecting Chinese civilization and enhancing cultural identity
Looking at Chinese history, there is a rule: if a country is strong, Xinjiang will be safe.
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, relatives of foreign power were dictatorial, Wang Mang usurped the government and established the country, and called “New”. As a result, the world was in chaos, and the Huns took advantage of the opportunity to coerce taxes and re-engineer the city walls of the Western Regions with force. The latter “thinked about the power of the Han Dynasty, and enjoyed the internal subordinates”. He sent envoys to make contributions many times, begging the Eastern Han government to send the Western Regions to manage the management of the Western Regions in accordance with the old system of the Western Han Dynasty. Since then, the Eastern Han Dynasty has worked tirelessly to “three extremes and three connections” and once again unify the Western Regions.
The song and dance drama “Komiks” created by Xinjiang tells a vivid and touching historical story: In 76 AD, Ban Chao, who was stationed in Shule, returned to the east under the order. When he arrived in Khotan, “the kings and princes below all cried and said, ‘As the envoys of Han, you must not go’,” and asked Ban Chao to stay. The moved Ban Chao decided to return to Shule. He persisted for 31 years, and received stability in the Western Regions.
”Ban Chao is the ‘junction’ connecting the Western Regions and the Central Plains region in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and is a microcosm of the people of the country who have been safe and stable in the past dynasties. It reflects the image of countless strugglers who are rooted in the frontier, willing to contribute, and unite today. It also reflects the trust and affection of the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions for the central government of the Han Dynasty.” Chen Wei, the director of “Ban Chao”, still remembers his deep feelings in the creation and arrangement work.
A strong country will lead to a safe Xinjiang. Therefore, once there is something wrong with the central government, all the cities in the Western Regions will try their best to save each other.
After the Anshi Rebellion, Cinema, King Yuchi Sheng of Khotan personally led 5,000 Khotan children to enter the pass to participate in the suppression of the rebellion. “New Book of Tang” records a touching scene at that time: “An Lushan rebelled, and his brother Yao took charge of national affairs, and led 5,000 troops to the difficulties. The people of the country stayed and won, and took the girl as their qualities…” At that time, the people of Khotan were reluctant to leave Yuchi Sheng. In order to show that he had decided to return to his hometown, he specially appointed his daughter.Stay behind. But Yuchi Sheng has always followed Emperor Tang since then, giving the throne to his younger brother, and never returned to Yutian.
In 757 AD, the Uighur Gele Khan also sent his eldest son Ye Hu to lead his army to help the Tang Dynasty quell the Anshi Rebellion. When Ye Hu met with Emperor Suzong of Tang, the eldest son of Emperor Suzong of Tang, King Guangping, King Guangping wanted to hold a banquet for him. KomiksYe Hu said: “In the country, we come to help each other from afar, so why not eat!” A year later, the Tang army recovered Chang’an with the support of the Uighur army. After the Anshi Rebellion was quelled, Emperor Suzong of Tang sighed: “A thousand miles away from the boundaries, one virtue is united, and it is unprecedented to seek ancient and modern times.”
The Anshi Rebellion was finally quelled, and the troops from the frontier made great contributions. In the poem “Two Poems of On-Stop by Soldiers in Guan’anxi”, Du Fu praised: “There are no surprises, and thousands of horses will save the Central Plains. There is no chatting and laughing, and the heart will be the supreme.”
In the long river of history, people of all ethnic groups have jointly created the brilliant Chinese civilization and forged the great Chinese nation. The common belief that the country and the country cannot be divided, the country cannot be chaotic, the nation cannot be dispersed, and civilization cannot be cut off is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In the 28th year of Kaiyuan (740 AD), when the Turkic Dingli Khan accepted the enthronement of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, he said: “Since his great-grandfather, he has been loyal to the Khan of Heaven, and has contributed to the country every time he conscripted and contributed his efforts to the country… I wish the world to be unified.” In the “diversity and unity” of Chinese civilization, the “one” power is dominant. Even in the face of a chaotic world of falling apart, there is still an immortal dawn that always flashes on the horizon of history, pursuing “oneness”, “great unification” and “one of the world”.
Since the late Qing Dynasty, the national strength declined, the great powers coveted it, foreign enemies invaded, Xinjiang was the first to be hit and fell into turmoil.
The sea is flowing, and only then can the true nature of a hero be revealed. From Turpan Emin and Zhuo assisting the Qing army in quelling the rebellion of Hezhuo in all ethnic groups, to the people of all ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang cooperate with the Qing army to capture Zhang Geer, from the Tajik hero Kurchak vowed to resist the invasion of the Kokhan Khanate to the military and civilians of all ethnic groups to severely crack down on the Aguber invasion army… In the process of resisting foreign aggression, striving for the independence and liberation of the Chinese nation, and safeguarding national unity and territorial integrity, the people of Xinjiang have united and gathered from freedom to consciousness, further deepened the understanding of a community with a shared future for all ethnic groups, and the patriotic spirit with the highest goal of maintaining the reunification of the motherland has become the psychological identity of the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang.
”Deeply speaking, this is derived from the identification with Chinese culture, based on the most instinctive spiritual desires and needs of the Chinese nation.” Wu Xinhua said that the unity of man and nature, respect for heaven and law of ancestors, and the concept of world are prominent cultural characteristics that distinguish Chinese civilization from other civilizations. “Chinese cultural identity transcends regional, rural, hereditary, and religious beliefs. Especially when encountering external crises, this cultural identity will burst into powerful.ef=”https://comicmov.com/”>CinemaCohesion. ”
Since its founding, the Communist Party of China has been a loyal successor and promoter of China’s excellent traditional culture.
On October 1, 1949, at the founding ceremony of the People’s Republic of China, a young man standing behind Chairman Mao Zedong on the Tiananmen Gate Tower was Sai Fuding from Xinjiang.
Sai Fuding has been cordially received and cared for and protected by Chairman Mao many times. He wrote in his memoirs: “Chairman Mao’s words surprised me and were both excited, and I admire me deeply. What was surprised that he was so familiar with the history of Xinjiang, the history and current situation of the Uyghur people; what was excited was that he made a lot of remarks praising people of all ethnic groups based on a large number of historical facts, which made me even more proud of my identity as a member of the Chinese nation; what was admired was that he regarded the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang as fellow flesh and blood, as his own relatives, and showed the deep affection and affection of the Communists. His love is as bright as gold and as deep as the ocean. How can it not be admired? “Doctor Mao” – This is the common name of all medical staff in Hunan Province in Turpan to Xinjiang. After a Uyghur grandmother in her 90s woke up after having a heart stent surgery, she kept calling the doctor in Hunan to Xinjiang “Doctor Mao”. She said: “You are doctors from Chairman Mao’s hometown and the party is here to take care of us. ”
”Huxiang children are all over the Tianshan Mountains” “Eight thousand Hunan women go to Tianshan Mountains”, Hunan and Xinjiang have a deep love in history. In April 2023, 180 members of the 10th Hunan Province Aid to Xinjiang work team came to Turpan, and were in this land with a long history and rich cultural heritage. They deeply felt the historical logic and contemporary significance of the Chinese nation’s sense of community. They decided to polish the “Red Pomegranate” brand and build the “Mao Doctor” brand.
Shibadong Village, Shuanglong Town, Huayuan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, and Xincheng Ximen Village, Xincheng District, Yaer Town, Gaochang District, Turpan City are places where General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected. Under the promotion of the Hunan Aid to Xinjiang work team, Xincheng Ximen Village and Shibadong Village were paired up to build rural revitalization in Turpan Demonstration point. When you walk into Ximen Village in Xincheng, the streets are clean, the houses are smug, and there are laughter and joy on the basketball court. Villager Wumaier Maimati opened a “door shop”, the name of which is taken from the “door” character in Ximen Village in Xincheng and the “door” character in Shibadong Village.
Thousands of mountains and rivers, thousands of doors, and thousands of words are condensed in this small store.
The Communist Party of China has led the people to fight for more than a hundred years. Now China is not only the world’s second largest economy, but the vitality and influence of Chinese civilization are also being re-examined by the world, providing Chinese wisdom for how global multi-ethnic groups get out of opposition and integration.
Chinese civilization is the root of the culture of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang, and the sense of community of the Chinese nation isThe foundation of national unity. Tracing the origin of Chinese civilization in Xinjiang, we can clearly see the cultural context and historical foundation formed by the Chinese nation community, and we can also clearly see that Chinese culture has always been the emotional support, spiritual destination and spiritual home of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. At present, Xinjiang is promoting the forging of a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation with more tangible and tangible measures, and providing a steady stream of spiritual motivation for the practice of Chinese modern Xinjiang!