The ethnic groups in Xinjiang are Han, Uygur, Kazak, Hui, Kirgiz, Mongolian, Xibe, Tajik, Uzbek and Manchu. The Han nationality is the main ethnic group in China, a descendant of the ancient Huangdi and Yan Di tribes, and a descendant of the Chinese nation. "Han" originally refers to Tianhe and Yinhe. The Book of Songs says: "Where there is Han, there is light in prison." Han people are used to calling themselves Han people, because the Han Dynasty in China used to be called "Huaxia" or "Zhu Xia". "

Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Uyghur: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _), referred to as "Xin", is located in the northwest of China, and is one of the five ethnic minority autonomous regions in China. With an area of 1664900 square kilometers, it is the largest provincial administrative region in China, accounting for about one sixth of the total land area of China. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, the resident population of the autonomous region was 25.89 million in 20021year. Xinjiang is located in the hinterland of Eurasia, with a land border of more than 5,600 kilometers, bordering Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Mongolia, India and Afghanistan. Historically, it was an important passage of the ancient Silk Road, and now it is the only place where the second "Eurasian Continental Bridge" passes, and its strategic position is very important. There are 56 nationalities in Xinjiang.