Yin Shui Si Yuan:Fostering a Strong Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation through Water Conservancy Construction:Based on Field Investigation in Southern Xinjiang
Water resources are a key factor affecting the development of ethnic groups and group relationships in arid areas,ethnic groups living in southern Xinjiang have formed unique survival wisdom and a concept of Yin Shui Si Yuan in their production and life practices.After the establishment of the People's Republic of China,with the promotion of national power,the process of water conservancy construction in border areas accelerated,benefiting all ethnic groups and rallying people's hearts in improving people's livelihoods.The development of contemporary water conservancy construction has enriched the cultural connotation of the traditional Yin Shui Si Yuan,which is not only the link between the tradition and modernity,the materiality and spirituality of Chinese civilization,but also the embodiment of the essential requirement of common prosperity that a region and a nation cannot lack in Chinese path to modernization.This kind of internal emotional identity,which is based on the daily life of the people and naturally formed and continuously strengthened in the practice of group development,has special significance for fostering a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.
Water Conservancy ConstructionThe Chinese National CommunitySouthern Xinjiang