The Change Of Muslim Settlemen Of Qing Dynasty In Guanzhong

Befor Tongzhi of Qing Dynasty, the Muslim settlemen of Guanzhong area were densely distributed, linked into the sheet. From Longzhou and Qianyang of Fengxiang of the Wei River’s upper, along the Wei River down by Mei, Xingping, Xianyang, the provincial capital Xi’an, Lintong, Weinan, arrived Huazhou, Huayin, Tongguan of Tongzhou, from west spreading east zonal dense. The Muslim Incident in Tongzhi years completely changed the distribution pattern. There were over four hundred villages of Muslim and the population was more than one million.After Tongzhi of Qing Dynasty, the old distribution pattern was completely broken. On the one hand, the Muslim settlemens were ruduced a lot, some villages were destroyed, and some moved. Because nobody to live the left,they faded along with the mosque in the community and became relics. Just seven Muslim settlements were preserved,they are Sajinqiao, Xiaopiyuan, Dapiyuan, Xiaoxuexixiang, Daxuexixiang, Huajuexiang and North guangji street, ninety-eight percent of Muslim settlemens were lost. On the other hand, the distribution range were narrowed. The preserved Muslim settlemens were distributed in northwest of Xian drum-tower. One or two Muslim settlemens were distributed in other countys, but not enough to form a separate villages, they just existed in Han village. The scence of everywhere was full of Muslim settlements and mosque in past was disappeared, instead, there was a little bit Muslim settlementsd and Muslim.