The Dilemma of the Silk Weaving Industry in Turpan in the Late Qing Dynasty——Centred on Selected Archives of Xinjiang in the Qing Dynasty
After Zuo Zongtang recovered Xinjiang,the government was determined to promote the development of the silk weaving industry in the whole territory of Xinjiang,and took various measures to promote the development of the local silk weaving industry from the perspectives of craftsmen,funds,and policies,and gradually transformed the government-run silk weaving industry into a government-supervised and commercially-run one in an attempt to form a prosperous development of the silk weaving industry in Xinjiang.Turpan area sericulture business has been significantly developed,raw silk exports increased significantly,becoming an important raw material source in Rus-sia,while the silk weaving industry is stagnant and in trouble.The government played an important role in promot-ing the development of the silk weaving industry in Turpan in the process of economic and technological promotion of the more advanced technology in the south into Xinjiang,teaching the local ethnic minorities silk weaving tech-nology,the various ethnic groups in the development of the silk weaving industry in the process of active mutual assistance,and to face the realities of the plight of the community of destiny of the ethnic groups in the industry.