Editing Hunan (section)

===Hunanese Uyghurs===
Around 5,000 Uyghurs live around [[Taoyuan County, Hunan|Taoyuan County]] and other parts of [[Changde]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=905wAAAAMAAJ&q=Uighurs+also+mention+the+5000+Uighurs+sent+to+Hunan+during+the+Ming+dynasty+who+today+live+in+Taoyuan+county,+northwest+of+Changsha+.+3+On+the+Dolans+see+Svanberg+1989.+Tor+linguistic+differences+among+the+Uighurs+see+Hahn|title=Bones in the sand: the struggle to create Uighur nationalist ideologies in Xinjiang, China|author=stin Jon Rudelson, Justin Ben-Adam Rudelson|year=1992|publisher=Harvard University|page=30|access-date=2010-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529030237/http://books.google.com/books?id=905wAAAAMAAJ&q=Uighurs+also+mention+the+5000+Uighurs+sent+to+Hunan+during+the+Ming+dynasty+who+today+live+in+Taoyuan+county,+northwest+of+Changsha+.+3+On+the+Dolans+see+Svanberg+1989.+Tor+linguistic+differences+among+the+Uighurs+see+Hahn&dq=Uighurs+also+mention+the+5000+Uighurs+sent+to+Hunan+during+the+Ming+dynasty+who+today+live+in+Taoyuan+county,+northwest+of+Changsha+.+3+On+the+Dolans+see+Svanberg+1989.+Tor+linguistic+differences+among+the+Uighurs+see+Hahn&hl=en&ei=rRi9TKPaL8L6lwfJ5Zm1DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA|archive-date=2013-05-29|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UuEyAAAAIAAJ&q=taoyuan|title=The Altaic-speakers of China: numbers and distribution|author=Ingvar Svanberg|year=1988|publisher=Centre for Mult[i]ethnic Research, Uppsala University, Faculty of Arts|isbn=91-86624-20-2|page=7|access-date=2010-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528231903/http://books.google.com/books?ei=nw-9TPmTPMXflgfYjpWPDQ&ct=result&id=UuEyAAAAIAAJ&dq=taoyuan+uyghur&q=taoyuan|archive-date=2013-05-28|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UuEyAAAAIAAJ&q=Uighurs+are+the+largest+Turkic-speaking+Muslim+people+of+China.+Most+of+them+live+within+the+Xinjiang+Uighur+Autonomous+Region.+An+isolated+group+of+Uighurs+lives,+however,+in+Taoyuan+and+Changde+xian+of+the+Hunan+province.|title=The Altaic-speakers of China: numbers and distribution|author=Ingvar Svanberg|year=1988|publisher=Centre for Mult[i]ethnic Research, Uppsala University, Faculty of Arts|isbn=91-86624-20-2|page=7|access-date=2010-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529041548/http://books.google.com/books?id=UuEyAAAAIAAJ&q=Uighurs+are+the+largest+Turkic-speaking+Muslim+people+of+China.+Most+of+them+live+within+the+Xinjiang+Uighur+Autonomous+Region.+An+isolated+group+of+Uighurs+lives,+however,+in+Taoyuan+and+Changde+xian+of+the+Hunan+province.&dq=Uighurs+are+the+largest+Turkic-speaking+Muslim+people+of+China.+Most+of+them+live+within+the+Xinjiang+Uighur+Autonomous+Region.+An+isolated+group+of+Uighurs+lives,+however,+in+Taoyuan+and+Changde+xian+of+the+Hunan+province.&hl=en&ei=Ac-8TNDzIoH7lweZ-N3LDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA|archive-date=2013-05-29|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UlaBw3MUGBEC&q=taoyuan+uighur+hunan&pg=PA220|title=Muslim cultures today: a reference guide|author=Kathryn M. Coughlin|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=0-313-32386-0|page=220|access-date=2010-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529015017/http://books.google.com/books?id=UlaBw3MUGBEC&pg=PA220&dq=taoyuan+uighur+hunan&hl=en&ei=WhW9TKTQOsT_lgeip5nMDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCQQ6AEwADgo#v=snippet&q=taoyuan%20uighur%20hunan&f=false|archive-date=2013-05-29|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Hui people|Hui]] and Uyghurs have intermarried in this area.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ePxMW066j8C&q=jian+uyghur+hunan&pg=PA133|title=Negotiating ethnicity in China: citizenship as a response to the state|author=[[Chih-yu Shih]], Zhiyu Shi|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=0-415-28372-8|page=133|access-date=2010-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213230614/http://books.google.com/books?id=8ePxMW066j8C&pg=PA133&dq=jian+uyghur+hunan&hl=en&ei=-BO9TJ3BK4SBlAfLxZ2GDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ|archive-date=2011-12-13|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ePxMW066j8C&q=uygurs+hunan+10%2C000+xinjiang+islam&pg=PA133|title=Negotiating ethnicity in China: citizenship as a response to the state|author=Chih-yu Shih, Zhiyu Shi|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=0-415-28372-8|page=137|access-date=2010-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213230614/http://books.google.com/books?id=8ePxMW066j8C&pg=PA133&dq=jian+uyghur+hunan&hl=en&ei=-BO9TJ3BK4SBlAfLxZ2GDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=snippet&q=uygurs%20hunan%2010%2C000%20xinjiang%20islam&f=false|archive-date=2011-12-13|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ePxMW066j8C&q=senior+master+elder+mosque+uygur+allah+customs+koran&pg=PA133|title=Negotiating ethnicity in China: citizenship as a response to the state|author=Chih-yu Shih, Zhiyu Shi|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=0-415-28372-8|page=138|access-date=2010-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213230614/http://books.google.com/books?id=8ePxMW066j8C&pg=PA133&dq=jian+uyghur+hunan&hl=en&ei=-BO9TJ3BK4SBlAfLxZ2GDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=senior%20master%20elder%20mosque%20uygur%20allah%20customs%20koran&f=false|archive-date=2011-12-13|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to eating pork, the Uygurs of Changde practice other Han Chinese customs, like [[Ancestor veneration in China|ancestor worship]] at graves. Some Uyghurs from [[Xinjiang]] visit the Hunan Uyghurs out of curiosity or interest.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0rhxU662vQsC&q=uygur+ancestor+worship+family+graveyard+changde+xinjiang+jian+hunan+stimulated&pg=PA121|title=Negotiating ethnicity in China: citizenship as a response to the state|author=Chih-yu Shih, Zhiyu Shi|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=0-415-28372-8|page=136|access-date=2010-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529014449/http://books.google.com/books?id=0rhxU662vQsC&pg=PA121&vq=uygurs+intermarriage+with+muslims&dq=taoyuan+uighur+hunan&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q=uygur%20ancestor%20worship%20family%20graveyard%20changde%20xinjiang%20jian%20hunan%20stimulated&f=false|archive-date=2013-05-29|url-status=live}}</ref> The Uyghurs of Hunan do not speak the [[Uyghur language]], instead, Mandarin Chinese is spoken as their native language.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0rhxU662vQsC&q=no+uygurs+in+changde+speak+arabic|title=Negotiating ethnicity in China: citizenship as a response to the state|author=Chih-yu Shih, Zhiyu Shi|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=0-415-28372-8|page=133|access-date=2010-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529001653/http://books.google.com/books?id=0rhxU662vQsC&dq=taoyuan+uighur+hunan&q=speak+arabic#v=snippet&q=no%20uygurs%20in%20changde%20speak%20arabic&f=false|archive-date=2013-05-29|url-status=live}}</ref>