Modern Southern Xinjiang Uygur Social Life Studies (1884-1949),

Southern Xinjiang has experienced the historical development of social upheaval between the year 1884 when the Qing dynasty government founded Province in the Xinjiang, and the year 1950 when the democratic reform took in Xinjiang. This induced changes affected the Southern Xinjiang Uygur nature of social life of all levels, such as the political system, economic model, the material and spiritual cultural life, social etiquette, marriage and conventional family model. This thesis tries to collect more comprehensive data, investigate the Uygur's social and cultural life in a particular historical period.The article is divided into four chapters as follows:the modern political life of Uygur society in Southern Xinjiang, its economic life and cultural life, its marriage and family. Chapter one discusses the social system changes after the Xinjiang Province founded, described the way of upper ruling class' political life, and its social impact. Chapter two discusses the Uygur modern social-economic development in Southern Xinjiang,based on agriculture, handicrafts, commerce, economy of temple. Chapter three is divided into two parts:material culture life and spiritual culture life. This chapter discusses the daily culture life in the modern Uygur society, such as its entertainment, religion and education. Chapter four describes the Uygur marriage and family in modern society, discuss the specific circumstances of their family life, and the status of Uygur women.In order to get a comprehensive description of social life in the modern Uygur society, the author applies the concepts and theories of sociology, ethnology and history, rests on a social survey data, combines with modern Uygur ethnographic materials for panoramic description of social life. The author believes that the modern Uygur social structure is fixable, the mobility of all levels of society is very little,being lack of social innovation and driving force. The Western material life only affects the Uygur upper class in modern Southern Xinjiang more or less, but it made little influence on the general life for the most Uygur people.