Where do the Uyghurs live?

The Uyghurs live mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where they are mainly distributed south of the Tianshan Mountains, and the oases around the Tarim Basin are the centers of Uyghur settlement, with the Kashgar Oasis, Hotan Oasis, and the Aksu and Tarim River basins being the most concentrated areas.

The Turpan Basin, at the eastern end of the Tian Shan Mountains, is also an area with a high concentration of Uyghurs. To the north of the Tianshan Mountains, there are a few Uyghurs settled in the Ili Valley and the areas of Jimusar and Qitai. In addition, there are also a small number of Uyghurs in Taoyuan County, Hunan Province and Jiaochi County, Henan Province in China.

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Uyghur Architectural Customs:

The Uyghur's traditional courtyard houses can be roughly divided into the "outer room", the "dining room", and the "back room", "back room" three basic plane combination form. Most of the regions to a form of the main, but the same form in the specific layout also has a big difference.

The vastness of the desert, violent wind and sand, summer heat and little rain, winter cold ecological environment, so that the Uyghur people pay great attention to the transformation of the environment and landscaping, and thus the courtyard type of housing in the orchards and flower gardens, poplars, grapevines in the backdrop, the cover looks very simple, fresh and quiet.

The Uyghur people also attach great importance to the decoration of their houses, presenting diversified means of decoration. However, every family has tapestries hanging on the walls and carpets on the earthen pits, which are its ****same characteristics.

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