Author: Lan Peijin
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Publishing Time: 2003-01-01
Features: The homelandsoftheminoritypeoplesaremostlyborderareasofChina, andthereforetheseregionsserveasalinkbetweenChinaandothercountries. TheXinjiangUygurAutonomousRegion,ingabitedbymorethan20nationalitiesatpresent, wascalledtheWesternRegionsinancienttimes, andwasabridgefacilitatingcommunicationbetweentheeasternandwesterncivilizations. The"SilkRoad"fromXi'aninShaanxiProvinceattheeasternendtoCentralAsia, theBlackSea, theMediterraneanSeaandasfarasRomeatthefarthestwestermend, ranthroughtheGansuCorridoralongtworoadslyingtothesouthandnorth, respectively, oftheTarimBasin, southoftheTianshanMoutanins, andthencutacrossConglingRidge. Infact, therewasamucholder"SilkRoad"runningfromSichuanProvincetoMyanmarandlndiaviaYunnanProvince, largelyinhabitedbyethnicinhorities. Inancienttimes, thisancientroadwasnotonlyonelinkingsouthernChinawithotherpartsoftheworld, butalsoacorridorforethnicgroupstotravelsouthornorth. Thesetwochannelsallowedthescientificknowledge, music, art, westernChristianity, lslamfromWesternAsiaandBuddhismfromlndiatograduallyspreadintotheCentralPlains. Atthesametime, China'straditionalcultureandscienceandtechnology, andevensomehandicraftssassilk, porcelain, teaandjadeware, werecarriertocountriesinSoutheastAsiaandtheWest.
Chinese ethnic minorities
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