Why can the Western Regions form rich and colorful folk customs?

1. Tolerance and openness, diversity and diversity.

The Western Region is a typical intersection of civilizations, where farming, nomadic and commercial civilizations coexist. The long-term business travel, envoys and legal envoys on the "Silk Road", as well as the different living customs, production methods, religious beliefs, and languages, have made people not only not stubborn, but also able to widely absorb the civilizations of various ethnic groups with an inclusive and open mind. The culture of the Western Regions thus presents distinct diverse characteristics.

2. Confident, heroic and majestic

Business travel and official business on the "Silk Road" are one of the important themes of Tang poetry. Poets of the Tang Dynasty wrote a large number of farewell, farewell, and frontier fortress poems focusing on comforting the border, peace with Tibet, going on diplomatic missions, entering the imperial court, returning to court, and returning home.

3. Equality, pragmatism, mutual benefit

The "Hu" style was popular in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The people of the Tang Dynasty were open-minded and able to accept other cultures. "Hu" was almost everywhere in the Tang Dynasty. In addition to the usual explanations such as "frequent communication" and "open mind", there are also reasons for this from the culture of the Western Regions themselves.

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The historical significance of the customs and culture of the Western Regions:

Kashgar is known as the "living memory of the Silk Road in the Western Regions" for its rich historical and cultural connotations ". For thousands of years, it has been the political, economic, military and cultural center of the Congling area on the Silk Road.

The core area of ??the old city is located in the center of Kashgar and is the area with the richest historical and cultural heritage in Kashgar. The national cultural relics protection unit Id Kah Mosque, the autonomous region's cultural relics protection unit Qiaobazaar Mosque, the Royal Scripture School, and the ruins of the Karakhanid Dynasty are all witnesses of the history of the Silk Road.

The old town of Kashgar has rich folk customs. Various ethnic groups have developed and integrated during the long historical process, forming rich and colorful national cultures and customs with unique characteristics. In particular, the residential buildings, ethnic costumes, folk culture, ethnic songs and dances dominated by Uyghurs constitute a colorful picture of ethnic customs, which is also the most attractive tourism resource in Kashgar.

As the place with the best preserved folk customs in Kashgar, the Old City Scenic Area is known as the "encyclopedia" of Uyghur life in Xinjiang because of its diversity and completeness of Uyghur folk customs; The exotic folk custom atmosphere has become an "ecological museum" and a "natural stage" for tourists to experience original ecological folk customs.

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