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Kazakhs
The Kazakhs are the main ethnic group of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Ili Prefecture There are currently 1,021,497 people. It is distributed in Yining City and various counties, with the five eastern counties accounting for a larger proportion, especially Xinyuan, Nileke, and Zhaosu counties. The Kazakhs have their own spoken and written language. Their language belongs to the Altaic language family, the Turkic language family, and the Kpchak language group. The Kazakhs once used Turkic and Uighur scripts. After the 10th century, with the introduction of Islam, the Kazakhs embraced Christianity and switched to the Pinyin script.
The history of the Kazakhs can be traced back to the "Wusun" of the Western Han Dynasty. The ethnic name "Kazakh" first appeared in the mid-15th century. They were some nomadic tribes speaking Turkic languages ??that split from the Golden Horde. The clan name "Kazakh" is still used today. According to folklore, it means "warrior", or "white swan".
The Kazakhs believe in Christianity and have their own language and writing. Their language belongs to the Turkic language group of the Altaic language family. Texts such as "Turkic" and "Uighur" have been used. The current Kazakh script based on *** letters.
Ili, where the Kazakhs live, is the hometown of the precious Ili horses and the main producing area of ??Xinjiang fine wool and Altai big-tailed sheep. Sausage stuffed with horse meat and kumiss brewed from mare milk are Kazakh meat products and drinks unique to the Kazakh people. Catching sheep, horse racing, and chasing girls are traditional horse sports activities of the Kazakh people.
There are many ancient poems, stories, mottos, proverbs, etc. circulated among the Kazakh people. "Aken" is the disseminator and singer of folk culture. The Kazakh dance is light and cheerful, and the national musical instrument "dombula" can play a variety of beautiful tunes.
The Kazakhs are a warm, hospitable and etiquette-oriented nation. When people meet, they always greet each other with "safety to the whole family" and "safety to the livestock". This is closely related to their nomadic economic life. Kazakh herdsmen, who are constantly migrating according to the seasons and pasture conditions, will warmly entertain guests who come to visit or stay, regardless of whether they are acquaintances or not. Herdsmen believe that it would be a shame to let guests go when the sun sets, and their relatives, friends and neighbors will think that they have not treated guests well and will be ridiculed. The host has his own way of treating guests. Usually when guests come, lambs are slaughtered. The most distinguished guest also has to slaughter a foal on the spot. Before slaughtering the sheep, the owner must lead the sheep to the guests to obtain satisfaction. During the meal, the sheep's head is first offered to the guests. When the guest receives the sheep's head, he must first cut a piece of cheek meat with a knife and give it to the oldest person in the host's family, and then cut a piece of sheep's ear to give to the youngest child or the housewife. Then, he would cut off a piece of meat and eat it, and then offer the sheep's head to the owner. At this time, the host and guests sat around, eating large pieces of meat on the plate and sipping the host's special kumiss. Kumis is a unique and nutritious alcoholic beverage. The taste is fragrant and mellow, which can not only quench thirst and satisfy hunger, but also treat minor gastrointestinal diseases and other chronic diseases. The vitamin content is several times higher than that of milk. It is an excellent drink for grassland herdsmen to prevent cold and supplement food. At night, the vast grassland is particularly quiet, and the yurts are warm and cozy. Guests are placed above the front of the yurts. The simple, honest and sincere host will also tell you about the new atmosphere of the grassland in recent years and beautiful and touching legends.