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Different styles of Uyghur daily clothing. 

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Smallest hat I have ever seen!

A CHAT

'makal tamsel' anyone knows what is it?

  • Came across it when visiting uyghur贴吧 in baidu. It seems the Uyghur people intentionally chat about it in their mother tongue.
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The Fragrant Concubine is still a hot topic as China recently remade the famous Qing drama,还珠格格.

 麦迪娜·买买提 as The Fragrant Concubine in this latest drama.(Can’t find her Uighur name, she can be also called Vicky according to Baidu)

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香妃,or 容妃, is the only Uighur concubine of Qing Emperor乾隆. She entered the palace right after the victory of Qing army over Xinjiang.  Few things were known about her and many,particularly Han people, misinterpreted her background by various fictions and poems about her. In legend,she was called 伊帕爾罕(ئىپارخانИпарханIparxan) and she was famous of her body fragrant. Many believe her story in based on a real consort Rong. Details can be found from baidu or wiki(fragrant concubine).