Uygur Minority
At the foot of Tianshan Mountain which is covered with white snow in Xinjiang of Northwest China lives a nationality good at singing and dancing. It is Uygur Nationality. Uygur people like to call themselves Uygur which represents unity or union. Uygur people mainly live in concentrated communities in Kashi and Hetian to the south of Tianshan Mountain in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Akasu, and Kuerle. Others reside separately in Ili with a smaller proportion in Taoyuan and Changde in Hunan province.
Uygur people have their own language and it belongs to Altai branch and Tujue language system. Uygur Characters are of pinyin style and based on Arab characters. After the founding of People's Republic of China, Latin characters were introduced as the basis of new Uygur characters co-existing with the old one.
Uygur People depend on agriculture. They plant various crops, such as cotton, wheat, corn, and rice. Besides, Uygur people are good at gardening. The largest grape production base of China lies in Turpan Basin, 184 kilometers to the southeast of Urumchi, the capital city of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
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Bai Nationality | Naxi Nationality | Dai Nationality | Miao Nationality | Dong Nationality | Zhuang Nationality | Yao Nationality | Uygur Nationality | Hui Nationality | Tibetan Nationality
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