Inward Cohesion:Recognition of Chinese Cultural Identity and Construction of the National Centripetal Force of Mongolian and Tibetan ethnic groups in the Border Areas of Gansu,Qinghai and Sichuan Since the Qing Dynasty
The sense of the Chinese nation as one community is the collective recognition of various ethnic groups in China,achieved through their ongoing interactions,exchanges,and integration across historical,social,institutional,political,cultural,and psychological dimensions.In the second half of the 16th century,after the first meeting between Altan Khan and the third Dalai Lama Sonam Gyatso,the cultural exchange and integration between Tibetan and Mongolian peoples was reinvigorated.Following this,cultural exchanges between the ethnic groups in the Gansu-Qinghai region became even more frequent,especially after the leader of the Khoshut tribe of Oirat Mongols,Gushi Khan,moved to Qinghai.After the 48th year of the Kangxi reign(1709),the Mongolian and Tibetan ethnic groups living in the border areas of Gansu,Qinghai,and Sichuan connected through shared cultural beliefs and made great efforts to jointly develop this land,which also played a significant role in stabiliz-ing the northwestern frontier of China.
strengthening the sense of the Chinese nation as one communityMongolian and Tibetan eth-nic groupsnational centripetal forcecultural identity
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