Chinese civilization is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. That is why it is full of mysteries and myths and impregnated with culture. It is hard to study history of China and especially come to a conclusion regarding ethnicity of Chinese .Reading “Myth and Construction of Foreign Ethnic Identity in Early and Medieval China» by Bred Hinsch stroke me at first with all the confusion around the history of ethnicity and roots of conquerors. Then, I came to realization that they weren’t trying to complicate it , but they simply had no choice. The West Region survived a great amount of wars in that period, so they were smart about writing the history to suit the particular time at its best. Sacrificing the “real” history of origins or doing it on purpose to relate themselves to the higher kinships, they made definitely harder for us to study, but probably easier for them to survive. Even though, the times were tuff and most of conquers were cruel and evil they would still try to support and promote the cultural and economic growth. The Han rule period was saturated with cultural values (textiles; clothes beautifully decorated; arms pottery; coins etc.) and how smart it is to use your arm forces as an agricultural colony!(History of civilization of Central Asia).
It is very interesting to study history of ancient civilizations, especially when it comes to Central Asia and China in particular. There might be some archeological and scientific evidence to some aspects of it’s history(culture, ethnicity, religion) , but the fact that we perhaps could never find out for sure what was REALLY happening , how they REALLY were thinking at that time; all that will remain a mystery that is why it is so fascinating to me.
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