Vegetable Flower-The Xinjiang Legend of a Xibo Woman

Suhua, the name is very unfamiliar to Ili people, and even the Xibo people know very little about her. Who would have thought that more than 140 years ago, at the critical moment of the life and death of 20,000 people, this ordinary Sibe woman sacrificed her personal happiness and married the Ili "Sultan Khan", saving the entire nation. When "Sultan Khan" was sent abroad, she chose family affection and followed her husband to a foreign country, eventually buried in a deserted grave. With her weakness and strength, with self-sacrifice and righteousness, with her love for her clansmen and her loved ones, she sang a sad song of love and hate.

People's hearts involuntarily jolted with her boat of destiny.

In order to remember this period of history and cherish today's happy life even more, as the 242nd anniversary of the Xibe migration westward is approaching, I walked into this story and wrote it down regardless of my poor writing... 1. The storm of peasant uprisings swept Ili in 1864, marking the 100th anniversary of the Xibe migration westward in Ili. Over the past 100 years, the Xibe people have worked hard to cultivate and transform the desolate land of Chabuchar into a prosperous area with connected villages and crisscrossed paths. At the same time, the Sibe officers and soldiers have been loyal to their duties for 100 years. They not only guarded Karun and Taizai, but also traveled to the Talbahetai, Kashgar, and Bulut nomadic communities to change defense patrols, but also participated in many domestic counter-insurgency struggles to safeguard the unity of the motherland. Made important contributions. However, during the Uyghur and Hui peasant uprising in Ili in 1864, a small group of feudal lords and religious upper-class leaders incited ethnic vendetta, causing thousands of soldiers and civilians in the Xibo Camp to be unprovoked massacres. The population dropped sharply, and the countryside was deserted, villages were completed and abandoned, and hungry people were everywhere.

In 1871, the tsarist Russian colonialists sent troops to occupy Ili in the name of "collecting and replacing guarding". The Sibe people were also under the rule of foreign colonists. In the past 10 years, they suffered from the persecution of foreign powers.

There are many legends and records in this history among the Xibo people. I heard that Sheng Fenglin, an old Xibo ethnic man at Ili Vocational and Technical College, had a good understanding of this history. One day in early March, guide Liang Gang and I found Sheng Fenglin's home. Sheng Fenglin's full name is Orker Sheng Fenglin. He is 70 years old this year. He graduated from Xinjiang Cadre School in 1955 with a major in Uyghur translation. He speaks standard Uyghur and is fluent in Kazakh and Russian. Sheng Fenglin used to teach at Urumqi Forestry School, but was transferred to Ili in 1961. He has worked in Ili for more than 50 years and is now retired to live at home.

After hearing his intention, Sheng Fenglin didn't decide whether or not. After talking with me for half a day, he asked me to come back the next day. The next day, he finally dispelled his concerns and took out a book with cotton thread stitching and kraft paper cover. In the book is vertical Xibe script with a Chinese preface. Due to age, the edges of this notebook were hairy, and the paper inside was yellow and somewhat damaged. In order to protect the notebook, Sheng Fenglin carefully glued the rough edges and damaged areas with transparent tape. Sheng Fenglin said that this notebook was given to him by a highly respected old Xibe in the 1960s.

As a Manchu work describing the history of 1864 - 1871, this memoir of the Xibe people can be said to be extremely precious.

Under Sheng Fenglin's narration, historical events more than 140 years ago were clearly displayed in front of me... In April, Uyghur and Hui farmers in Kuche, Xinjiang, responded to the Hui Incident within the Pass and held an uprising. With the riots of farmers in Kuqa and other places, in July of that year, farmers in Urumqi, Yanqi, Qitai, Fukang, Changji, Wusu, and Manas also revolted. They attacked cities and broke towns, looted ordnance, and killed officials and soldiers. Their momentum became more and more powerful.

In October, Ili General Chang Qing was dismissed by the Qing government due to successive defeats and appointed Mingxu to Ili General. After Mingxu became General of Ili, he tried to change military conquest to Xuanfu, but the leader of the uprising army ignored it and set fire to the Lama Temple north of the Ili River on October 12, killing the Lama. On the evening of October 13, unrest also broke out in the city of Gulza Ningyuan. All Han merchants living in the city were killed and all their property was robbed. Therefore, Mingxu summoned officers and soldiers from all battalions, including Degedu, the general manager of Xibo Battalion, and Tuktang 'a, the deputy general manager, who led more than 400 officers and soldiers from his battalion to help quell the rebellion. By October 15, the uprising had basically subsided.

But soon, farmers from all over Yining rose again and surrounded Bayandai.

The uprising was initially aimed at overthrowing the corrupt rule of the Manchu government. However, after some feudal lords and religious upper-class leaders who entered the uprising team usurped the leadership of the uprising, they deliberately confused class conflicts with national conflicts, which led the uprising astray.

Originally, the strength of the instigator was far from comparable to that of the Qing army, but because the commander of the Qing army repeatedly made fatal mistakes, it was irreparable.

The Qing soldiers have lived a pampered life for generations. They have long lost their ability to fight. They are physically weak to the point where they cannot draw a strong bow. The arrows they fire often cannot penetrate the cotton-padded clothes worn by the rioters in winter. The commander was arrogant and extravagant, greedy and afraid of death. He hid at the back of the troops every time he fought. As soon as the battle started, the commander first abandoned the position. During the entire combat period, there was no comprehensive combat plan, and he didn't trust his generals and killed innocent people indiscriminately, making everyone feel at risk and dispersing forces. As a result, the army was defeated like a mountain, and cannons, rifles and weapons were given to the instigator holding an iron-pointed wooden stick.

The rioters bombarded Bayandai with seized cannons and weapons and surrounded it impenetrable.

Under the siege day and night by the rioters, the Qing army surrounded by Bayandai Fortress resisted in despair for three months and reached a desperate situation. At 2 a.m. on January 12, the 4th year of Tongzhi (1865), when the extremely tired Qing army fell into a deep sleep, the rioters quietly climbed onto the city wall. It was not until half of the rioters got on the city wall that the Qing army woke up and picked up bows and arrows and guns to shoot, but the rioters had already rushed into the city through the open gap in the city wall.

The Qing army fought hard with the rioters who rushed into the city for seven days and seven nights. Even the women took up arms to defend themselves, but everything was to no avail. They were all killed, leaving only a small number of women and children, and were taken away by the rioters.

As the situation on the north bank of the Ili River and the Xibo Camp became increasingly tense, General Ili sent troops to the Erut Camp to transfer officers and soldiers. On June 26, more than 4000 officers and soldiers from the Erut Battalion came to the south bank of the Ili River to prepare to cross the river. When more than 200 officers and soldiers crossed the river, the full battalion officers and soldiers on the north bank of the Ili River rushed to seize their horses, causing a dispute between the two sides. The officers and soldiers of the Erut Battalion angrily returned to their camp. General Ili sent Counselor Minister Rong Quan and Minister Etenge to dissuade him, but it did not help. From then on, the situation of the Qing army in Ili turned sharply.

After conquering Bayandai Fortress and defeating the Qing army in several major battles, the rebels prepared to besiege Huiyuan City. After learning that the officers and soldiers of Erut Battalion had returned to their own battalion, the leader was overjoyed and immediately made strategic arrangements. They believed that to conquer Manying, they must first subdue the two flanks of the Manying Battalion-Sibo Camp and Sauron Camp. In that way, Huiyuan City, which had become an isolated city, would be easy to conquer. As a result, they began to use the main force to attack the Sibe Camp. Since then, Sibo Camp began to suffer unprecedented disasters.

2. The people of the Sibe Camp bravely fought against the Sibe and Solon Camp have not gone through the corruption of urban life. They worked in their own Niulu Village, rode horses, hunted, and practiced archery. They were all good archers. Since the situation on the north bank of the Ili River became tense, General Ili has frequently recruited officers and soldiers from the Xibe Battalion. On June 8, another 300 idle officers were transferred from the Xibe Battalion. So far, a total of 600 officers and soldiers have been transferred from the Xibe Battalion, with 750 idle officers.

Because the grain before the war was concentrated in the city of Gulzhaningyuan occupied by the rebels, it fell into the hands of the rebels before it could be transported to Huiyuan City. In order to mobilize military rations, Mingxu repeatedly collected grain, ordnance, forage and other military supplies from Xibo Camp, which greatly weakened the self-defense capabilities of Xibo Camp.

At that time, the Eight Banners of Xiboying lived on the plain on the south bank of the Yili River. Each Niulu was very large and was a residential area surrounded by earthen walls. The easternmost part of the Wuli Xibo Canal on the south bank of the Ili River is Erniulu inlaid with yellow flags), and the other Niulu are all on the west, 20 miles away; the one south of the canal is Baniulu inlaid with blue flags); 30 miles further west north of the Huali Canal is Liuniulu inlaid with red flags); 45 miles west of it is the Siiniulu Red Flag); 15 miles southwest of Siiniulu are the First and Third Niulu who live in a castle, also called the Zhenghuang and Zhengwhite flags respectively. The distance between Yi Niu Lu and Er Niu Lu is 100 miles. Outside the earth wall are farmland, which is irrigated with Daqu water and Sanyan Spring Water flowing from Nanshan Mountain. In the Niulu earth wall, the courtyard of Xibo people is also surrounded by low earth walls, and fruit trees and vegetable fields are planted in front of and behind the houses.

The fifth and seventh liang Niu Lu, also known as the Banded White Flag and the Zhenglan Flag, were all in the wilderness at that time without walls. Qiniulu has now been moved north of Daqu, between Liuniulu and Biniulu; Wuniulu is between Liuniulu and Siuniulu. In the early days of the uprising, the rioters had rushed into Niulu, which had no walls on May and July, killing some Xibe people who were caught off guard and taking away many livestock. The Xibo people who survived the disaster moved into Liuniulu, and the wilderness gradually became ruins.

On July 22, 1865, according to the deployment of the leader of the rioters, thousands of people on the north bank of the Ili River successively crossed the river and gathered in Henuk. Thousands of farmers were also mobilized from Zagas Terrace and other places to Hainuk to prepare to attack the Sibe Camp.

After Karmana, the general manager of the Xibe Camp, learned that the rebels were preparing to attack the Xibe Camp, he immediately organized forces to strengthen the city's defense and sent people to report to General Ili. From August 1 to August 6, the rioters constantly besieged Erniulu. Although the Xibe officers and soldiers resisted tenaciously and with the help of reinforcements sent by General Ili, they repelled the attack several times, but they were outnumbered and finally had to retreat into the city to strengthen defense.

On August 7, nearly 10,000 rioters attacked Erniulu. The situation was very urgent. The officers and soldiers used up all their arrows and had to use stones to hit the invaders climbing the wall. Soon, the stones in the city were used up. Seeing that the castle was about to be destroyed, Erniulu, old and young, women and children, all went up to the city wall and fought with the officers and soldiers. Women cooked pumpkin soup under the city wall, and officers and soldiers poured it on the heads of the invaders from the city wall. Because the pumpkin soup was high in temperature and did not easily dissipate heat, all those poured were in a hurry. Not long after, the invaders put the wheat bundles on their heads and continued to climb upwards. The guarding soldiers threw them down with burning sulfur in egg shells. The wheat bundles immediately burned, causing repeated attempts to attack the city to fail.

Since August 7, the eight Niulu units of Xibo Battalion have been besieged to varying degrees, and no retreat has been observed, so there is no communication between the Niulu units.

Seeing that a heavy price had been paid, but the strong attack failed to work, the instigators changed their tactics and turned to negotiate peace with the Xibe people. On August 13, a large number of rioters surrounded Baniulu and bombarded the city wall with captured Qing army cannons. At the same time, they also launched several captured Xibe soldiers to shout about the peace talks, threatening: "If you do not surrender, immediately destroy the city wall and kill all the people in the city!" In order to save the lives of the people, after deliberation by the old people and officials at all levels, it was decided to negotiate peace. Immediately, according to the terms of the negotiation, the ordnance and accompanying drawings were handed over to the leader who attacked the city.

After the peace talks between Biniulu, a large number of rioters immediately turned to attack Liuniulu. At that time, the water source for Liuniulu had been cut off, and the officers, civilians and livestock of the three Niulu were not allowed to drink water, and they were in a very difficult situation. In front of the army, in order to reduce unnecessary sacrifices, the general manager of Kalmana immediately convened the commanders, defense, cavalry schools and elders of the fifth, sixth and seventh Niulu to discuss countermeasures. Everyone discussed and put forward three conditions: the current system of Camp Sibe would not be changed and they would not convert to Islam; officials at all levels of Camp Sibe would continue to perform routine as usual and would not be controlled by other ethnic groups; and the officers and soldiers of the Camp Sibe would not help others fight. The leader of the instigator agreed to all three conditions, so the general manager of Kalmana handed over the general manager's customs defense map, ordnance, etc. The leader of the rioters ordered the withdrawal of troops and lifted the siege of the city. Soon, all eight cattle records in Xibo Camp had negotiated peace.

After learning that the Xibo Camp had negotiated peace, the Sauron Camp knew that resistance was of no use, so it also negotiated peace with the instigators. The four Daur people, Niu Lu, continued to stay around Huo City. Before the fall of Huiyuan City, they passed through Turgon and went to Borhogyirkaren, not far from Russia. Later, most of them flowed into Russia, and some of them arrived at Talbahetai.

Subsequently, the rioters surrounded Huiyuan City. Because food was concentrated in Gulzha Ningyuan City before the riot and was not transported to Huiyuan City, Huiyuan City was already running out of food at this time. In the famine, people ate up everything they could eat. Dogs and cats were not spared. Even the bowstrings were eaten. Finally, the besieged people reached the point of cannibalism, and a large number of people starved to death.

After four months of siege, the rioters in the fifth year of Tongzhi (1866) saw that the attack could not be defeated, so they took the initiative to negotiate peace. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the defending soldiers to relax their vigilance, they secretly dug tunnels to the foot of Huiyuan City. On the evening of January 22, gunpowder in the tunnel exploded and collapsed the city wall. The rioters finally broke through the North Gate and rushed into the city, set fire to the houses and began the massacre. The garrison, which was too hungry to stand up, had no ability to resist and had to resign itself to fate.

At that time, Huiyuan City had a total of 4000 Qing cavalry, including infantry and civilians, there were more than 10,000 people. The instigators killed these people like hemp, leaving only some children as trophies. Ili General Mingxu committed suicide, and Chang Qing, who had served as Ili General before his dismissal, was captured.

When the rioters set fire to Huiyuan City, the sky-high flames could be seen in Xibo Camp on the south bank of the Yili River. At that time, men, women and children in Xibo Camp all went to the "Ambatai" in Sibo, which means "big platform".) To watch the fire, many old people burst into tears: "'Ambahotun 'means "Huiyuan City" in Sibo, which means "Huiyuan City ") It's over, what kind of fate is waiting for us in the future..." The author of the memoir was young at the time and did not quite understand the seriousness of the matter, but the flames of Huiyuan City that night were still vivid in my mind many years later.

After that, the rioters successively broke through the cities of Horgos, Suiding, Qingshuihe, Lucaogou and other cities, and thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed. So far, the entire territory of Ili was occupied by the rioters.

3. Suhua was forced to remarry. After the "Sultan Khan" rioters occupied Ili, the "Sultan Khanate" was established. Some feudal lords and religious upper-class leaders who led the rioters broke out in internal strife and fought against each other in order to fight for power and position. It was so messy. Later, a man named Ali Hamu became a "Sultan Khan".

After the Ili Incident, the Ili General's Mansion successively transferred more than 80,000 stones of grain from the Xibo Camp, as well as many by-products such as cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks, which resulted in the Xibo Camp's grain accumulation for many years being bottomed out and its reserves were cut off. In 1865, the crops waiting to be harvested in various Niulu were burned and looted by the rioters. Therefore, by 1866, a severe famine occurred in Sibo Camp. By the time the green and yellow were out of reach, no grains of rice were left, and a large number of people died in famine and disease.

The eight Niulu people in Xibo Camp fell into hardship due to the heavy workload. The men became coolies and were driven to the yamen of the "Sultan Khan" and his subordinates to build houses, plant flowers, and build roads. They also had to build palaces and temples, and undertake countless tasks of Burke.

At the same time, hundreds of Xibo people were forced to go to Nanshan for years to cut trees. They live in the mountains and forests all year round, with no time to go home, and no salary. If anyone dares to escape back to their hometown, they will be beaten with a stick and a leather whip if they are caught. Some people are often beaten and disabled. Under such circumstances, many young and middle-aged people fled to other places, resulting in the disappearance of young and middle-aged men in various flags for several years, and the population dropped sharply. In addition, almost all the cattle were robbed, and only women, children and old people used shovels to dig the land in the fields. The land planted only reached one or two tenths of the amount in the past. The life of the Xibo people is becoming more and more difficult. The people of all banners have no food for sleeping and clothes to cover their bodies. They are so poor that they don't even have mats on the kang. Even young girls and daughters-in-law have nothing to hide their shame.

The Sibo military and civilians have reached a critical moment of life and death.

In order to maintain exchanges with the "Sultan Khan" and protect the interests of his own nation, Kalmana, the commander of the Sibe Camp, invited the chief imam of the "Sultan Khanate" and Upper Burke when marrying his eldest son. At the banquet, a woman serving tea attracted the attention of the guests. Her name was Suhua. She was from Wuniulu. She had just married a young man named Falishan from Liuniulu for less than a month.

The vegetarian flowers grow very beautiful, with fair skin color, and eyebrows like black silkworms reaching the temples. After the banquet, a Shangbok named Alimusha returned to the city of Gurza and told the "Sultan Khan" about the beauty of vegetarian flowers. Soon, Ali Hamu summoned Kalmana and said: "I want the beautiful woman who serves the food from your house to be my concubine. Find her husband another unmarried girl to marry."

After returning, Kalmana convened eight Niulu commanders to discuss with the old man. Some agreed and some disagreed. However, in the end, for the sake of the 20,000 people in Sibe Camp, everyone still agreed to marry Suhua to the "Sultan Khan".

However, this news was like a bolt from the blue to the newly married Suhua. Marry a "Sudanese Khan" whose living customs and religious beliefs are vastly different, become one of his many concubines, and live among other tribes. This kind of life is unimaginable, and she firmly refused to agree.

Seeing Suhua crying like tears, General Manager Kalmana felt very sad. However, in order to save the lives of 20,000 Xibe people, he burst into tears and knelt down to express righteousness to Suhua: "Since ancient times, when disasters occur in the country, in order to safeguard the interests of his people, the king often betrothed his daughters to the enemy. Now, the survival of our entire nation depends on you alone, and your folks have reached a critical juncture of life and death. If you don't agree, the 'Sultan Khan' will become angry, and the 20,000 soldiers and civilians in our Sibe Camp will be wiped out immediately. You can't watch your fellow villagers be slaughtered!" Thinking of the bad luck her people would suffer, Suhua shuddered. She cried and accepted her destiny.

Before leaving, Kalmana asked Suhua: "You must win the favor of Ali Hamu. If the Sibe people suffer from major crises, I will send you a letter. You must try to save your compatriots!"

After Suhua married Ali Hamu, she converted to Islam, and the Imam and Upper Burke gave her the Islamic name "Buvihalicha Apak". Suhua has a slim figure, beautiful appearance, bright eyes, outstanding intelligence and careful life, so she is deeply loved by Ali Hamu. At Suhua's request, Ali Hamu reduced the corvee of the Xibe people and stipulated that the Xibe people should not be allowed to work without compensation and must be paid wages.

However, after Ali Hamu married Suhua, other generals followed suit and wanted to marry a Xibo woman. After the news reached Xibo Camp's Niulu, it caused panic among the Xibo people. Overnight, families with daughters ignored etiquette and customs and promised families with sons to send their daughters away without holding any ceremony. As a result, basically all those who were under marriageable age had made in-laws.

Seeing this situation, General Manager Kalmana went to "Sultan Khan" and said: "It is a strange fate for Wang Yizun to marry a Sibe woman, but if the generals all follow your example and marry a Sibe woman, then the thing you marry will be amazing. Moreover, Emperor Qianlong chose Consort Fragrance, but others would follow suit if he didn't know it." After hearing this, Ali Hamu felt that it was reasonable, so he ordered his subordinates not to marry Xibo women.

Since the establishment of the "Sudanese Khan", not only has the position of the Khan been contested by various tycoons, but the subordinates of the "Sudanese Khan" have also disobeyed orders. Although the situation of the Sibe Camp improved under the interaction of General Manager Kalmana and Suhua, two subordinates of Ali Hamu, one named Nurton and the other named Harpan, were very dissatisfied with the Sibe people's failure to convert to Islam and believed that these infidels would bring disaster, so they planned to eliminate the Sibe Camp.

One day, Nurton led many soldiers aggressively across the Ili River to the First and Third Niulu of the Xibe Camp. By this time, the people of the Xibe Camp were unarmed and the situation was very critical. Kalmanga immediately summoned officials at all levels and elderly people, bribed him with a lot of property, and used other means to soften him, before he led the army away. But within a few days, he brought more troops to Yi and San Niulu, and Miya Harpan came over. Together, they killed all the people in the Sibe Camp. After learning the news, Kalmana urgently sent people to Gulza City to inform Suhua, asking her to intercede with Arihamu to save the Xibe people.

When Ali Hamu found out, he immediately wrote a letter to Oberkot Clark, who oversees the farmers in the Nanshan area, ordering him to rush to stop Nurton and Harpan. After receiving the letter, Toklerk immediately led more than 600 people to the camp of Yi and San Niulu. He brought some personal soldiers to meet Nurton and advised him not to hurt innocent people. But Nurton still wants to go his own way. Tokorak then dragged Nordton to his camp and said to him: "If you don't listen to dissuasion, then destroy my army first and then destroy the Sibe people."

At this time, Hal Pan led the army to the north bank of the Ili River as agreed, preparing to cross the river, but his horse refused to get on the boat. Hal was extremely poor and lashed the whip from behind the horse. The horse was scared and kicked backwards. It hit him in the stomach. Due to his severe injuries, he died quickly. When his soldiers saw that the leader was dead, they scattered in unison.

After hearing about the death of Halpan, Nurton had no choice but to lead his troops back. Another disaster was avoided in the Sibo Camp.

After the death of Halpan, his eldest son, Xiao Halpan, inherited his official position and title. Xiao Halpan still wanted to eliminate the Xibe people. When Ali Hamu left Gurza City for a pilgrimage to Mazha near the Kashgar River, little Harpan took this opportunity to decide to attack the Sibe people again. After General Manager Kalmana learned this, he quickly sent Suhua's uncle to Suhua to report: "Little Harpan has led troops to kill the Xibe people. Protect us quickly!" Suhua immediately sent someone to report the urgent news to the "Sultan Khan". The "Sultan Khan" hurried back to the city of Gulza, took a small team of guards to Dolantumaza overnight, and ordered little Harpan to bring his troops home immediately. The dark clouds covering the Xibe people finally dissipated.

Domestic unrest provided opportunities for foreign expansionists. Following the invasion of southern Xinjiang by Aqubo, an officer of the Central Khokand State, in June 1871, Tsarist Russia launched a large-scale invasion of the Ili anti-Russian soldiers and civilians stationed at the Akken outpost. Our troops stationed here included more than 4000 people from the Sibe Battalion, Solon Battalion, Mongolian, Han, Kazakh and other soldiers. Because they could not defeat the enemy's advanced firearms and artillery, they had to retreat one after another. On July 1, the tsarist Russian army arrived west of Suidinghuo City and bombarded the city with artillery. Soon after, the city of Ali Hamu surrendered, and the tsarist Russia occupied Ili in the name of "collecting and replacing defending".

After Tsarist Russia invaded Ili, it imposed its colonial rule system in Kazakhstan and Central Asia on the people of Ili, and everyone had to pay a poll tax. At this time, the Sibe people who have fallen into extreme poverty are like dry trees. How can they still squeeze out juice? Whenever it came to collect taxes, they had to abandon their wives and children and flee outside to avoid debts.

In the third year after the Russian army occupied Ili, a severe famine occurred, and people reached the point of digging grass roots to satisfy their hunger. However, the tsarist Russian government still forced them to pay a poll tax, making the people of all ethnic groups in Ili miserable.

Ali Hamu became a prisoner from a "Sultan Khan" and was deported by the Tsarist Russian authorities to live in Almaty, Kazakhstan. At this time, Ali Hamu, whose fate had been over, had become a loner. His past glory and prestige had long been lost. The groups of concubines and subordinates around him also walked and ran, and there were not many left. Before leaving, he said to Suhua, who had been accompanying him: "Your hometown and people are all in Ili. If you want to stay here, I won't force you."

Suhua's feelings were very complicated. She had done everything a woman could do for her people. Now, her people were no longer in danger and no longer needed her rescue. She also had every reason to return to her relatives. Live the rest of her life in peace! However, Suhua knew better that there was no place for a woman like her in Xibo Camp now. Looking at the decadent Ali Hamu, an indescribable feeling surged into her heart. The love of human relations that she had been unable to give up for years made her finally make up her mind-no matter where she is, she will follow him.

Before leaving, she returned to her hometown to visit her fellow villagers and cultivate soil for her ancestral tomb. Then, she rode a horse with Ali Hamu and left her hometown and Ili resolutely and without looking back. From then on, the two places were separated, life and death were vast, and there was no news from her.

4. Searching for Suhua's hometown people "In the past, I went to work in Almaty. In order to inquire about the whereabouts of Suhua, I traveled all over Tashkent and learned the whereabouts of Suhua. I was heartbroken and immediately went to the cemetery to look for her. footprints. The cemetery is in a forest... If your soul wandering in a foreign land knows it, you should know that I have come to see you and that your relatives from your hometown have come to pay homage to you..."At Sheng Fenglin's home, he gave it word by word I translated" The Song of Vegetables "written by Heyer Berlin (the word" Xuemu).

In 1935, the late famous Sibe poet Hoyer Berlin went to work at the China Consulate in Almaty, the Soviet Union. At this time, 70 years had passed since the Weihui Peasant Uprising.

Heyer Berlin wrote in "Song of Suhua":"Suhua is the daughter of five townships. She is smart and outstanding since childhood."

On March 2, Sheng Fenglin and Liang Gang, I came to Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County to find the descendants of vegetarian flowers.

On the morning of March 2, we came to Sunzaqi Niulu Township, Wuxiang) to find the elderly people who settled down. Under the guidance of the villagers, we came to Andingyuan's home. An Dingyuan is 85 years old this year. His name is Kusikunbai An Dingyuan. He is paralyzed half of the body and paralyzed in bed. He said: "My grandfather told us since he was a child that Suhua was our daughter. More than 100 years ago, she married the 'Sultan Khan' and preserved the entire nation." He said that his sister understood Manchu and was cultured, and knew this history better than he did.

An Dingyuan's son led us to An Xiuzhen's home. An Xiuzhen is 83 years old this year. She said: "Although no one has written about Suhua, the Xibo people have been passed down by word of mouth for many years and all know about this matter. My uncle's name is Nonichun, a brigade commander during Zhang Peiyuan's period. Suhua is Nonichun's great-aunt. Nonichun often mentions this matter and asks us not to forget it." Based on the family tree, Suhua should be An Xiuzhen's great-aunt.

Although An Xiuzhen is 83 years old, full of wrinkles and almost white hair, she is neatly dressed, calm in character, and clear in thinking. There is a Datong kang in the house. A long piece of wood is painted with blue paint on the edge of the kang. The floor is paved with bricks, and the room is spotless. I wanted to see the family tree, but unfortunately it was taken away during the Cultural Revolution. Like many old things, I can no longer find it.

When parting, An Xiuzhen said that she would pass down this story from generation to generation and ask people in her family to always remember their vegetarian ancestors.

"... The gate of the cemetery was closed and covered with dust. The cemetery was silent, and the fragrant bones of Ge Ge slept here. I heard that over the past 50 years, a bird has often flown to your grave to sing. Its sad singing has withered the vegetation and flowers..."We came to An Derong's home in Yela Banner Niulu, Sanxiang. An Derong was called" Gartok "because of his small stature and funny character. He is 83 years old and likes singing since childhood. Later, he taught himself Sanxian, Erhu, and dulcimer. He is a famous folk artist in the county. When he heard Suhua, he shouted: "Suhua is the one who settled down. He is the savior of our Xibo tribe. He is the same person as Xijun and Wang Zhaojun!" When Anderong's grandfather was alive, he often told them the story of vegetarian flowers. He also heard that after vegetarian flowers came to Tashkent, and her descendants came to Chabuchar to find relatives.

For more than 100 years, the story of vegetarian flowers has been circulated among the people, but it has never appeared in public publications. Hoyer Berlin said in his "Song of Plain Flowers":"If you don't tell about this strange person, who else should you praise? I hate my forgetfulness, which has long been forgotten by the wonderful women of the ages. We have more poets and writers than fish in the water, but I have never read a few words from you about vegetarian flowers!" His anger and injustice are evident in his words.

"The moon on Changbai Mountain is round and round, and the flowing water under Changbai Mountain is surging. The moon sets from the west. When it comes out of the east, the water flows to the west. When will it come back?"

"When I have free time, I often look west and think of Wang Zhaojun's ambition and left his bones abroad. Li Ling never returned to his hometown. Where is your slender soul wandering now? I want to ask the immortal to recall your soul and let your soul return to your hometown." It can be said that every word is a tear, which makes people sad to read.

5. The legendary experience of the descendants of Suhua In 1961, shortly after Sheng Fenglin was demoted from Urumqi to Ili, he worked as an interpreter at the Commercial Bureau of Zhaosu County. It was not until the end of 1980 that he was transferred to the current Ili Vocational and Technical College of Ili Agricultural School). In 1980, Zhaosu County held a CPPCC meeting, and Sheng Fenglin served as the interpreter of the meeting. At the meeting, there was an old CPPCC member named Migiti Pahardin, who was less than 70 years old and lived in Aksu Commune, Zhaosu County. He had a good relationship with Sheng Fenglin. During the meeting, Sheng Fenglin often chatted with him and gained his trust. One day, he said to Sheng Fenglin: "I am a descendant of your Xibo Suhua Gege!" Sheng Fenglin was very surprised and quickly dragged him to a secluded room. Mijiti Pahardin spoke in Uyghur for a day, and Sheng Fenglin took note of it for a day. Later, he translated the story into Chinese, but never showed it to anyone. Sheng Fenglin said that when Mijiti Pahardin told this story, Asimu, secretary of the United Front Work Department of Zhaosu County, was also present.

The story told by Suhua's great-grandson Mijiti Pahardin: After Tsarist Russia invaded Ili, Arihamu was sent to live in a small castle in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This small castle was originally an old building from the Qing Dynasty. After the signing of the China-Russia Ili Treaty, it was transferred to Tsarist Russia. The castle was surrounded by walls on all sides, and Arihamu was supported by the Tsarist Russian government for life until his death.

After moving to Almaty, Ali Hamu and Suhua have been dependent on each other since they were deported here. Suhua misses her family and often tears secretly. In order to let Suhua meet her family, Ali Hamu ignored the Russian government's difficulties and under close surveillance of the Russians, and Suhua brought their 6-year-old eldest son Batulu Khan to Ili to reunite Suhua with his family and relatives. At that time, the younger son was still born and was pregnant in his mother's womb. However, I didn't expect that during a family banquet, Ali Hamu was poisoned in his drink and died in less than half a day, and then Suhua was blamed. Fortunately, the investigation made it clear that it had nothing to do with Suhua, and the real murderer Mushuerbek was executed.

After his death, Ali Hamu was buried in the Jiergarang Cemetery in the southeast of Yining City. Later, the cemetery has been washed by floods in the Ili River over the years and has now disappeared.

In the winter of that year, after Suhua returned to Almaty, she gave birth to her youngest son, Ali Hamu. After the death of Ali Hamu, Suhua raised her two sons alone. Later, Suhua also passed away and was buried in a cemetery in a small town called "Sultan Kurgan" in Almaty.

On her deathbed, Suhua called her eldest son Batulu Khan and said to him: "I was originally a Sibo, but later I married your father. I still have a sister alive. She cries for me day and night, and I miss her all the time. After I die, you must try to get in touch with her. If you brothers encounter difficulties in the future, you can go to Ili to find my relatives and the eight Xibe people in Niulu. I saved them back then, and they will help you." However, Batulu Khan did not have time to go to Ili to find relatives, and he also died of illness. Before his death, he told his mother's last words to his brother Little Ali Hamu.

After his death, Batulu Khan was buried next to the tomb of Suhua. His wife and children were lonely and helpless. After being picked up by his wife and brother, they settled in the place name of "Qilaikkuramu" in Kazakhstan).

Little Ali Hamu was doted on by vegetarian flowers since he was a child. When he grew up, he did not have his parents to discipline him and wandered around. But he did not forget his mother's words. One year, he finally moved to Ili and married Zilaihan, the daughter of Abudurehemangasenqi, and gave birth to a daughter named Gulairemuhan. When his daughter was two years old, Zilaihan passed away. Little Ali Hamu was left alone, so he entrusted his daughter to the care of a man named Maimulahong, and he planned to set off back to Almaty. Before returning, his brother-in-law Gabalbek took him to Wuniulu, Xibo Camp, to find Suhua's sister. After learning the news, Suhua's sister cried all the way to pick up little Ali Hamu. After living in Wuniulu for some time, little Ali Hamu returned to Almaty with the support of his aunt through the Garzatu border, the junction of what is now Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County and Kazakhstan. However, it is said that he died halfway in "Yerkent" in Qihe Province in Central Asia. One said he was murdered, and the other said he died of gas poisoning while sleeping in a tea house.

Gularemuhan died in Kazanqi, Yining City in April 1944. She had many children, Mijiti Pahardin was one of them. In 1980, there were still two daughters in their fifties living in Xiata Commune in Zhaosu County.

After knowing that Mijiti Pahardin was a descendant of Suhua, the eight Xibe people in Niulu respected him very much. As soon as they saw him, they invited him to his home with extra enthusiasm. The Uyghurs all smiled kindly and called him "Migiti Sibo".

Between 1962 and 1963, when Mijiti Pahardin's sister Rebam's son Hasmujiang returned to the Soviet Union, he found the cemetery of Suhua. The tombstone was engraved with: "The tomb of Buvihaliqa, the concubine of Ili Sultan Khan Ali Hamu. The words "Agilia passed away on April 17, 18." http://img8.3lian.com/yzh/64/40.jpg Seeing that the top cover of the tomb was damaged, Hasmujiang paid for it to rebuild it. After knowing the cause and effect of the incident, the gravekeeper said in surprise: "No matter how different blood and race are, people's family affection and love are natural principles and will never be extinguished or broken!"

Speaking of this, Sheng Fenglin said with emotion: "Now, many years have passed since this story, and my good friend Migiti Pahardin has also passed away. I often think of this warm and funny old man. Migiti Pahardin's daughter Amali looked very much like a Sibe. Her lover was called Ushmanjiang. Unfortunately, she went through ups and downs during the Cultural Revolution and passed away soon. Good people should cherish today's happy life and don't let these sad things happen again!"