The origin of the uighurs

Northwest of xinjiang in China, there is a snow-covered tianshan mountains, at the foot of tianshan mountain settlement - a good nation uighurs.A total population of 9.87 million people (2009), including uygur a total of 9.413796 million people of the xinjiang uygur autonomous region (2006), accounting for about 46% of the total population in xinjiang.: according to the history books recorded nomadic Uighur was the 3rd century in China north and south of Lake Baikal, eltrix river northwest of nomads and the balkhash lake area.Due to the tribesThe warTribes, the influence of the western branch gradually migrate (now the xinjiang), successively has been translated into "wei Ge", "wu Ge", "Ge yuan", "Uighur", "huihe", "a" Uighur, later changed to "Uighur", today, is the meaning of "solidarity", "joint".Uyghur is given priority to with agriculture, cotton, wheat, corn, rice and other crops.In addition to good at garden art.The most widespread in ChinagrapesProduction base, the authors from xinjiang uygur autonomous region, 184 km southeast of urumqi, capital of the turpan basin.

Is "Uighur Uighur itself, meaning" joint ".Uighur mainly live in the south of tianshan mountain of xinjiang uygur autonomous region of kashgar and hotan area and aksu, korla area, the rest scattered in urumqi, ili, north of tianshan mountain, a small amount of live taoyuan, changde in hunan and henan kaifeng, zhengzhou and other places.

Uighurs have their own unique culture and art, such as stories any lift of the story, music dance epic "twelve mukam", uygur dance and other world-famous.Uighur traditional dance: "the top bowl dance", "big inspiration", "iron hoop dance", "at dance", etc.;Uyghur folk dance: "the game is,", "summer,";Folk Musical Instruments have "just (drums)," he "and" hot tile just ", etc.Uygur folk medicine is an important part of the motherland medicine.

Uighur traditional festival

1. Id al fitr:

Id al fitr, also called eid al-fitr, it is one of the three big festival in Islam.Islamic sharia law regulations in September of the first is a drop of the apocalypse "the Koran" month of scripture, is the most auspicious year 12 months in each adult Muslim fasting every year for a month, two meals per day during fasting, dine before sunrise and sunset, the day is absolutely forbidden to eat and drink, sex, etc.Both the start and end of Ramadan will be subject to see month.Number of days of fasting for 29 days or 30 days.Morning lent, after the expiration of the festival, people shower costumes, gathered at the mosque held a big week.With the end of the holiday week, from high call li tower ", the "drum and whistle sound suddenly, people walked out of the worship hall spontaneously in the cheerful music, dancing" samar "to shake hands with each other.Uighur women generally don't attend their.During the festival every family has a splendid holiday foods, such as sanzi, MinZuShi snacks, candy, dried fruit, fruit, etc.People dressed in new clothes holiday visiting relatives and friends, meet on the way to New Year greetings to each other.There are all kinds of recreational activities during the id al fitr folk, "bazaar" the market is very lively.About the origin of id al fitr, uygur folk have such a religious myth: according to legend in ancient times, there was a famine, crying more than children due to hunger.Mothers helpless, put the fist-sized pebbles into the pot, getting the children said: "my mother to do for you, 'brother gutierrez MaKe' (a kind of food made with corn flour, shaped like corn, boiled, eat soup) eat" is not the ground with a stick poked a stamp to the children, let the children believe is not ripe, too hard not to eat, need to wait.Time and time again, the children can no longer wait, the bothering to eat.Mothers can't, had to uncover the lid also want to use a stick stamp for the children.And behold, wooden stamp to go in.Mothers are amazing, a closer look, the original pot pebbles are turned into a can be used to cure hunger "ancient" (i.e., rutabaga).It is believed that this is god to save them and show a miracle.People sell and to congratulate saved each other, singing and dancing, to celebrate various entertainment way, thank god's grace.From then on, every year on this day people in the same way, gradually turned down, spread so far.

Section 2. The library state:

Library state festival, held in seventy days after the "id al fitr"."Kurt bond" is the Arabic transliteration, meaning "XianWu" or "blood", academic meaning "eid".Libraries like id al fitr for Uighur state section is an annual grand festival, festival people prepare various necessities while they bought in advance before as a "cultural sacrifice" cattle.A little better family families to slaughter a sheep (either kill slaughtered cattle, camel), festival, on the morning of the first bath "big net", and then clean the clothes dressed up to the larger mosques, to participate in their.Holiday week ends, the people directly on hemp zardari (graveyard) pray for the dead ancestors, and put the deadwood on the tomb to pull, plant root sections, this is called "in hada".People back home the first thing I do is to kill the sheep.Slaughter cattle meat can't sell, but can give to the poor "charity" part of the rest of the used to entertain the guests.During the festival to elder happy New Year first, and then and friends and relatives by each section, happy New Year, each table linen sheet with all kinds of holiday foods, dining with drink, attacks, entertainment together.Generally three days to celebrate this festival.About Kurt to extend holiday greetings origins, according to the ancient Arab circulated folk religious legend evolved from legend: it is said that the prophet ibrahim night dreamt that Allah (god), "enlightenment" to kill his son ismail instrument cult, his piety to try.Prophet ibrahim woke up and told his son dreams, ismail instrument readily agreed to the slaughter, loyalty and obedience to Allah said.When the prophet ibrahim follows the lives of Allah took son to minas small was about to take knife, slaughter of Allah and life sent a ram instead of god, this day is the Arab lunar ephemeris on December 10, after that, the arabs to commemorate the apparition of Allah and religious prophet ibrahim father and son, this day each year murder blood sacrifice, turned down.The 7th century, after the creation of Islam, Mohammed, inherited the custom, and each year (the Gregorian one) on December 10 as "library section state".

3. If Mr We transcribing section:

If Mr My transcribing festival is also called "Sarah hartmann festival".The word "if Mr We transcribing" is a Persian loanwords, said "the spring rain day", "the first day of spring", namely the Persian ancient lunar ephemeris every year on March 21, uygur, kazak, kirgiz, tajik, uzbek, tatar ethnic turkic languages, such as the common festival of ethnic minorities.It spreads from ancient until now, it is the content of the new, hope spring will bring luck to happiness.On the feast day, people dressed in festive costumes, all of every village collective to "library section" namely "if Mr We transcribing rice" do have) (a few family enjoy the joy of New Year.Do the rest of the "library section" general use normal grain increase rice, wheat and other 7 kinds of grains in the pot boiled into porridge, year after year to show rich enough to spare.In addition, the festival, held all kinds of traditional folk activities, such as, a man dressed as a "if Mr We transcribing the old man", such as performance after, he took off his cotton-padded clothes, he put on light clothing to meet the coming of spring, at the same time also held Michael west heat had sheep, horse racing, diao, tug-of-war, wrestling, outing, singing the song, guessing riddles, swing, a game, etc. Various kinds of recreational activities.At night, the young peopleThe fireTo sing the song "Mr My art transcribing" blessing from door to door, the festival lasts three days, after the holiday to start spring sowing.Today in many places the uighurs still in the holiday, especially the recent 5, 6 years since both government and private pay more and more attention to this ancient festival, held a grand scale if Mr We transcribing festival evening party, make the content more rich and colorful holiday.

4. Bharti section:

Bharti section is uighurs from Islam holiday.Folk also known as a kind of field cricket festival, held in 45 days before the "id al fitr".In each year on August 15, the bharti night chanting, worship, pray for the grace of Allah, and forgive.HuiLi not held during the festival, not each other happy New Year, the biggest characteristic is all night to chant buddhist scripture, Fried cake, ancestor worship to the grave.At night, and will be a kind of field cricket tied to a pole, get together and sing "bharti song", and light as its fall to the ground, people start to use foot broken this a kind of field cricket, said to eliminate evil curse.Now big cities have not see this holiday uighurs, can be seen in the countryside.

5. All tile section:

Turn undead nie all day, also called "Halloween", general please some religious people in their own home and family and friendly to chant buddhist scripture to pray together, to the cemetery for in the endThe dead relativesIn prayer.This festival is small, in kashi, hotan, this holiday, similar to the han nationalityThe qingming festival。

6. Take Luther section:

At Luther section, also called SAN ji section.Gregorian one each year on March 20, to commemorate the birth of the founder of Islam, Mohammed day and a holiday.Islamists founded in honor of Mohammed merit of Islam, held a rally on the day of his birth, later evolved into the islamic holiday.This festival hosted by mosque mullah.Festival on the same day, devout muslims in succession to the mosque, listen to chant buddhist scripture imams, praise holy Mohammed feat.Others put the imam and the surrounding neighbors held a little party, please go to the home and ready to be Fried cake, sweets and fruits such as food, put the middle of a plate, the plate put some spilled the cotton of perfume, imam prayers while blowing on the cotton, the last ceremony every man picked up a small cotton smell, then in his pocket.When he left also take on a bit candy, returned home to her family to eat.

Uighur custom taboo

Uighurs meat more strict choice, if you don't eat not to chant buddhist scripture, since the death of livestock slaughtering animals, don't eat not bleed the livestock, do not eat pork.

uighursHave a mealThe taboo is more also.A guest at the dinner table, the guest do not fiddle with food on the plate is not literally to cookstoves, generally don't put the food left in the bowl, at the same time pay attention to not let food crumbs fall to the ground, such as accidentally fall to the ground, should pick up in front of his "rice";Total plate when eating pilaf, no longer will have grabbed a grain in the pan;The meal, if you have any elder do "tile", guests can't look in all directions, or set up;Elders sitting on the seat at the dinner table, table and sit as a family, after meal must wash, dry after washing can only use a handkerchief or cloth, dirty water conveniently.

Uighurs and other taboos.Ban boobs backless and short dress, coat typically knee-length, legs up to his foot, most avoid outdoor shorts;Uighur residential door to avoid open toward the west;Sleep taboo head toward the east foot of the western, or limbs flat straight back.Meet friends and relatives to shake hands each other greetings.Then hands touch, devoting to step back, his right arm stroke chest;Women in regards to both hands and lifted knee after devoting to say goodbye.Acceptance of goods or green tea to use both hands, avoid is used a single hand.

When eating or talking to people, avoid blowing your nose, yawning, spitting, elders brought for the meal are tile, avoid look in all directions, or stand up;Meat, donkey meat, dog meat, mule meat, and the blood of the dead livestock meat and all animals, clothing avoid short, shirt typically knee-length, legs up to his foot, avoid outdoor short pants;Sitting room, avoid is legs straight, feet toward the people;Acceptance of goods or tea, please avoid with one hand;Without the consent of the owner shall not, without the use of host family items;To someone's home, must let the older people advanced door.

Young women avoid strangers in one home;The couple don't barge in bridal chamber;See article hanging on the door has a red cloth, childbirth, or said womenThe childA rash, avoid outside inside;Don't joke with women;Avoid the light body in public, more can't wear vest, shorts to someone's house;Don't talk behind someone's shortcomings;Prohibited in the vicinity of residence, beside the water, the graveyard, mosques and fruit trees around the following urine, spit or pour dirty water;It is prohibited to carry dirty things into the cemetery and mosques;Ban near the cemetery pigsty,The toiletAnd no cattle in the cemetery, forbid to earth from the grave;Shall not use own bucket or playing water in the jar in the well or dalaoba, to use public buckets to draw water, and then poured into his barrel or tank;Northern xinjiang region, banning speak the language of humor or teasing in the presence of elders.