graphic/reporter: Xing Xiaoyan
graphic/reporter: Ainiwar Wupuer
Walk into history and listen to the stories behind the cultural relics. Today's "Museum Story" takes everyone to Turpan Museum to learn about the story recorded in "The Stele of King Shixun of Gaochang Protecting the Capital".
The original copy of "Yidu Protecting Gaochang Wang Shixun Stele" is in the Wuwei Confucian Temple in Gansu. "Also all protect Gaochang" refers to the Gaochang Uighur in Song Dynasty. At that time, the local government in the Western Regions maintained a tributary relationship with the Song Dynasty, and the Gaochang Uighur respected the Zhong Dynasty (Song) as his uncle and claimed to be Xizhou's nephew. The Karahan Dynasty also sent envoys to pay tribute to the Song Dynasty many times. The Chinese part of this inscription records the origin and development of the Uighurs. It is a precious material for studying Uighur history and culture. The back is in Uyghur script. Turpan Museum instructor Rezia Niyazi said: "The Uyghur is the predecessor of the Uyghur nationality. The Uyghur nationality was formed through long-term migration and ethnic integration. The main body of the Uyghur ancestors was the Huihe people in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Mobei Mongolian Plateau."
In 788 AD, the ruler of Huihe wrote to the Tang Dynasty and changed it to "Uighur" upon request. In 840 AD, due to the war in the Uighur Khanate, some Uighurs migrated to the inland and merged with the Han people. The rest were divided into three branches: one moved to the present-day Jimsar area of the Turpan Basin and established the Gaochang Uighur Kingdom; Going to the Hexi Corridor, it merged with the local tribes to form the Yugu tribe; one group moved to the west of Pamir, and then distributed in the area of Kashgar from Central Asia to the present, and established the Karahan Dynasty together with some local tribes. The Uighurs successively merged the Han people of the Turpan Basin, the Yanqi people, the Qiuci people, the Khotan people, and the Shule people of the Tarim Basin to form the main body of the modern Uyghur people. In the Yuan Dynasty, the ancestors of the Uygur nationality were also called "Wuwuer" in Chinese. Reziya Niyazi said: "The Uyghur ancestors in this period were also called Wuwuer in Chinese. During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the various ethnic groups in Xinjiang further integrated, and the Mongols and the Wuwuer people were basically integrated. He added fresh blood. In 1934, Xinjiang Province issued a government decree, deciding to uniformly use Uygur as the Chinese standard title, which means to maintain unity between you and me, and for the first time accurately expressed the original meaning of the Uygur name.”
" Yiduhu Gaochang Wang Shixun Stele" is a powerful evidence for the history of the Uyghur people, that is, the current Uyghur nationality. It is a precious material for studying the history and culture of the Uyghur and has important value.
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