摘要
With a population of about six million, the Uygur nationality people are mostly located in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the western part of China. They call themselves "Uygur" whichmeans "unity" in their language. The history of the Uygur nationality can be traced back to the third century B.C. Some people suggest that ancestors of the Uygur people had a degree of blood connection with the Xiongnu, an ethnic group inhabiting the northern