民族文化是一个民族在社会历史发展过程中创造和发展起来的具有民族特点的物质文化和精神文化的总和。它塑造着民族的精神品格、价值观念、思维方式、风俗习惯和行为方式,是一个民族生存和发展不可或缺的因素。新疆各少数民族在长期历史发展过程中,也形成了独具特色的民族文化特征,成为了整个中华文化的一个重要组成部分。 National culture is the sum of the material and spiritual cultures with national characteristics created and developed by a nation in the course of social and historical development. It shapes the nation’s spiritual character, values, ways of thinking, customs and behavior, and is an indispensable factor in the survival and development of a nation. In the course of long-term historical development, all the ethnic minorities in Xinjiang have also formed their own distinctive ethnic and cultural characteristics and become an important part of the entire Chinese culture.