Uchturpan massacre:

 

It was happened during Ching rule of the Uyghur region.An Uyghur lady captured by the Ching armies together with her husband, who was the leader of the rebellion (Jahangir Hoja?). The Lady's name was Iparhan (Xiang fei, fragrant concubine, as she was said to have a special scent). After killing the husband in Beiijing, the King took the lady as concubine, she never yielded,  she had a dagger with her, and claimed she would kill herself, if the King ever tried to take anvantage.  The king demanded special trees (Sand date) from Uyghur land to be sent to the royal palace to please her.

 

The demand made the local people in Uchturpan furious. They rebelled. The leaders was Rehmetulla, his brother Ismetulla and his seven daughters. Rehmetulla and Ismetullah were killed during the fight, and the seven daughters were leading the people to fight and were driven until the top of the hill (Moljer tagh), then the seven girls killed themselves by throwing themselves from the top.

 

After quenching the rebelion, which is also called "Jigde Qozghilingi", the Ching army killed all the people in Uchturpan. Then they moved people from the surrounding region.

 

As for the Uyghur lady, when the king was out in other city. At the palace, the mother of the King was so afraid of the King's safety, and asked the lady to take the poison, and she was dead.  

 

 

 

 

 

HuanZhuGeGe is a veritable history soap drama. But it reminds me another TV drama based on the JinYong's novel ShuJianEnChouLu, literally means a story concerning the feelings of gratitude and resentment  of books and swords (if I'm right). I like this story both TV drama and novel, though one of the leading characters, XiangFei who committed a suicide in the novel, died at last. It is so beautiful, fantastic and fabulous of the end of this story that when her friends checked out the coffin, they found nothing except a butterfly.

 

 

 

 

 i never knew about the seven daughters , how sad , thanks for reminding us barbar.

 

Few people know that the Chinese during Ming Dynasty actually had extremely good relations with the Muslims Uygurs prior to Manchu Qing Dynasty.  Many Ming Emperors did actually have Uygur concubines presented to them as gifts of peace (not stolen or forced away as in the case of the Manchu Qing).  So long as both sides tolerated each other and did not invaded each other.

 

Back in Tang Dynasty, the race mixing was even more extensive.  The Uygur ancestors back then were called "Sogdians and Tocharians."  They were actually speaking a Persian dialect before they were later forced to adopt Uygur.  Many Tang men had mixed with Sogdian women when they were posted to Xinjiang (East Turkestan) either as merchants or soldiers.  Race mixing in that region began a long time ago (before Islam arrived too)