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Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Northern Xinjiang, is the only Xibe autonomous county of China, bordering Kazakhstan's Alma...
Type: City with 158,000 residents. Description: autonomous county in Ili, Xinjiang, China. Categories: autonomous county and locality. Location: Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia. View on OpenStreetMap.
Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County is a locality in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang and has an elevation of 1,041 metres. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map. Type: Locality. Location: Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia. View on OpenStreetMap. Latitude. 43.6292° or 43° 37' 45" north.
Jul 22, 2024 · Location: in the west of Xinjiang, northwest China Administrative Division: 1 autonomous county (Qapqal Xibe); 7 counties (Gulja, Qorghas, Tokkuztara, Kvnes, Monglkvre, Tekes, Nilka); 3 county-level cities (Yining, Kuytun, Khorgas); 2 regions (Qoqek, Altay)
- Xibe
- Xibe History
- Great Western Relocation of The Xibe
- Early Xibe Social and Economic Development
- Great Chabuchar (Qapqal) Canal
- Xibe Efforts to Defend The Motherland
- Xibe and The Communist Revolution
- Xibe Languages
- Benefits of The Xibe Language Speakers
- Trying to Keep The Machu and Culture Alive
Xibe military colonists The Xibe are an ethnic group that lives along the Ili River in Xinjiang and in Liaoning Province. Also known as the Sibe, they speak a Manchu-Tungus language and are regarded as the last speakers of Manchu, the language of the Manchu emperors who ruled China during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The Xibe are also famous for t...
The Xibe attribute their ancestry to the ancient Xianbei people, though there is no hard evidence to support this contention. The ancient Xianbei people, a branch of the ancient Donghu ethnic group, a Manchu-Mongolian group in northern China. Originally, the Xianbei engaged in hunting and fishing and lived a nomadic life on the east side of the Dax...
During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor in the Qing Danasty, the Qing government repressed the Amursana, old Hezhuomu and young Hezhuomu rebellions in northwest China. Afterwards the Yili district of present-day Xinjiang was in such a bad state and was so sparsely populated it was easy pickings for Russian invaders. To address this problem, the Qi...
The ancient Xibe people lived by fishing and hunting generation after generation. By the mid-16th century, the social organizations of the Xibe ethnic group had shifted from blood relationship to geographical relationship. The internal links in the paternal blood relation groups became very loose. In each Xibe village lived members with different s...
The northwestern frontier of China is mostly dry and made up of windy deserts, steppe and mountains. The hardworking and strong Xibe people built a canal and dyke system through the mountains to deliver water to make the desert bloom. The famous 100-kilometer-long Great "Chabuchar" Canal transports water from Yili River to fields that grow grapes, ...
While building irrigation channels and opening up wasteland, the Xibes also joined soldiers from other ethnic groups in guarding the northwestern border. In the 1820s, more than 800 Xibe officers and soldiers fought alongside Qing government troops on a punitive expedition against rebels backed by British colonialists. In a decisive battle they wip...
The Xibe people in Xinjiang staged an uprising in support of the Revolution of 1911 soon after it broke out. Those in northeast China joined the Han and Manchu people in anti-Japanese activities after that part of the country fell under Japanese rule in 1931. Many Xibes joined such patriotic forces as the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, the Army of Vo...
The Xibe still speak and write in their old language whose written form was developed in the 17th century out of Manchu. The Xibe language belongs to the Manchu division of the Manchu-Tungusic branch of the Altaic Language Family. However, those living in northeastern China mostly speak Chinese. Xibe writing is based on the modified Manchu writing,...
Andrew Jacobs wrote in the New York Times:“ Xibe have proved to be an ethnographic curiosity and a linguistic bonanza. As the last handful of Manchu speakers in northeast China have died, the Xibe have become the sole inheritors of what was once the official tongue of one of the world’s most powerful empires, a domain that stretched from India to R...
The 35,000 or Xibe that live in Chapchal County in Xinjiang remain proud of their Manchu traditions and have worked hard to keep their language alive. They have own broadcasting station, weekly newspaper and Chinese-language website. Andrew Jacobs wrote in the New York Times:“Despite the local government’s best efforts, which include language instr...
In March 1954, the Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County was established on the site of Ningxi County in Xinjiang, where the Xibe people live in compact communities. Since 1949, a series of social reforms have been carried out in the Xibe areas.
May 4, 2021 · Highway fuels tourism industry and promotes various ethnic groups' cultures. The Xibe Ancient Town, a tourist attraction in Xinjiang's Qapqal Xibe autonomous county, welcomed more than two million ...
