Friendship of Nephews and Uncles:The Pacificatory Intermarriages between Tang Dynasty and Uighur Khanate and the Construction of Community for Chinese Nation
The Pacificatory Intermarriages is one of the crucial forms and paths of communication and integration between diverse ethnic groups or regimes in ancient China.It not only played a special role in fostering cohesion and inte-gration of all ethnic groups in China,but also occupied a distinctive position in the history of the formation and develop-ment of the Chinese national community,with historical unity and continuity.One generation of the Tang Dynasty vigor-ously promoted the policy of intimacy with neighboring nationalities,surpassing the previous generation in terms of con-tent,form,depth and breadth,This led to the establishment of a stable relationship with neighboring major ethnic regimes,which significantly enhanced the exchanges between ethnic groups in China and their political recognition of the Tang Dy-nasty,This further enhanced the cohesion of the Chinese nation community,and effectively maintained the unified politi-cal order.Notably,the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Uighur Khanate and the establishment of their"Friend-ship of nephews and uncles"relationship is the most representative;This kinship tie deepened the blood-related fusion be-tween the Central Plains Dynasty and the border ethnic minorities,constructing the close emotion ties and historical mem-ories of the"Friendship of nephews and uncles",whose blood is thicker than water.Building upon this foundation through co-constructing political structures,sharing social culture and co-molding economic orders,they strengthened the Uighur Khanate recognition of the Central Plains Dynasty,while promoting the integration process between the Central Plains and the border ethnic minorities,and laid a robust long-term foundation for cohesion and development of the Chinese nation community.
Tang DynastyUighur Khanate"The Friendship of Nephews and Uncles"The Community for Chinese Nation
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