中国自古以来就是一个多民族的国家。中国的历史是由汉族和各少数民族共同创造的,各民族对中国历史的发展,都曾作过重要的贡献,起过重要的作用。在缔造统一的多民族祖国的历史过程中,各民族都有自己的历史文化,又都是祖国历史文化不可分割的组成部分。早在秦汉时期新疆就有塞种、月氏、汉、羌、匈奴、乌孙、吐火罗、丁零等众多部落和民族繁衍生息。他们都有自己的发展历史,都曾创建了本民族的文化,同时又都影响并吸收了其它民族的文化。随着历史的发展,有的民族融合或部分融合了别的一些民族,有的民族又被别的民族所融合,组成新的民族共同体。无论新疆的古代 China has been a multi-ethnic country since ancient times. The history of China was jointly created by the Han people and all ethnic minorities. All ethnic groups have made important contributions to the development of Chinese history and played an important role. In the historical process of creating a unified, multi-ethnic and motherland, all ethnic groups have their own history and culture and are all an integral part of the history and culture of the motherland. As early as the Qin and Han dynasties, there was a plug in Xinjiang, China, the Han, Qiang, Huns, Wusun, Tuoluo Luo, Ding zero and many other tribes and nationalities multiply. All of them have their own history of development. They both created the culture of their own nation and at the same time influenced and absorbed the culture of other peoples. With the development of history, some ethnic groups merge or partly integrate some other ethnic groups, while others are merged by other ethnic groups to form a new ethnic community. No matter Xinjiang’s ancient times