This summer, the hit TV series "My Altay" vividly presents the life picture of people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang being like one family and helping each other; on the eve of National Day, Bayka Kailidibek, a three-generation family who guarded the border in a relay, was awarded the title of "People's Guardian" The honorary title of "National Guard", countless China people's eyes gathered on the Pamirs Plateau...

2024年9月15日，在新疆塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县提孜那甫乡，巴依卡·凯力迪别克在家中讲述护边往事。新华社发（姬文志 摄）

In Xinjiang in the new era, various ethnic groups have extensive exchanges and blending, hugging together like pomegranate seeds, bursting with unprecedented vitality and vitality.

In August 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out when listening to the work report of the Party Committee and Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps that building a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation is the main line of the Party's ethnic work in the new era and the main line of all work in ethnic areas. We must do a solid job in building a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.

The mountains and rivers are silent, and the years are silent. Xinjiang takes building a strong sense of the Chinese nation's community as its main line. More than 25 million children of all ethnic groups live and work in peace and contentment, work together to sing the new songs of the Chinese nation's community.

Working together to seek development from the north and south of Tianshan Mountains

Apocynum tea, Apocynum honey, Korla fragrant pear, Ruoqiang red dates, Kunlun snow chrysanthemum... In the Yuli County live broadcast base with a total area of nearly 3000 square meters in Daxi Village, Yuli County, more than 100 high-quality specialties are neatly arranged. Every day, about 20 anchors from different ethnic groups conduct live broadcasts at the live broadcast base or the place of origin of the goods.

"Government financial support and e-commerce training have built a platform for Dashi Village to connect with the outside world. We have not only made it rich, but also helped more people solve their livelihood problems." Dili Humar, a villager in Daxi Village, said.

Darcy, once a "saline-alkali land", is now surging with the vitality of development. The people of all ethnic groups in the village "have bulging pockets and bright spirits." In recent years, various parts of Xinjiang have set off a boom in developing rural e-commerce. E-commerce has "entered" farmers 'homes and local goods have "flown" out of Tianshan Mountains. In 2023, Xinjiang's rural online retail sales will reach 33.888 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 31.07%. E-commerce has become a new driving force for mass employment, farmers 'continued income increase, and industrial structure optimization.

2024年9月21日，在新疆尉犁县罗布人村寨景区，工作人员通过电商直播推介当地特色产品。新华社记者 阮帅 摄

The nation is united as one and towards a better life. In Wensu County, the "Hometown of Walnuts in China," more than 860,000 acres of walnuts have achieved another bumper harvest. Fruit farmer Zhao Wuzhong and Muhedan Turdi stood side by side, full of joy. "In recent years, the Wensu walnut industry has become bigger and stronger. This year, my family's income is estimated to exceed 200,000 yuan." Zhao Wuzhong said that without Brother Mu Hedan's selfless support, he would not have been where he is today."Now that I have a house and a car, I have become relatives with my brother's family, and we are not divided between you and me."

On August 29, 2023, in Kekeya Town, Wensu County, Xinjiang, fruit farmers Zhao Wuzhong (right) and Muhedan Turdi checked the growth of walnuts in the nuclear peach garden they operated. Photo by Xinhua Agency reporter Li Xiang

On the land of Xinjiang, the song of development is loud: Bohu County uses the cultural tourism industry as the county's economic growth point and has embarked on a unique road to rural revitalization; Kashgar Prefecture relies on the Kashgar area of the China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone to create a new highland for open economic development in southern Xinjiang; Bogdar Village, Zhalemut Township, Wenquan County adheres to the leadership of party building and innovates development models to revitalize the collective economy and prosper rural industries... Cadres and the masses of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang have created characteristic industries according to local conditions and explored the road to increasing income and becoming rich based on actual conditions. The annual per capita disposable income of rural residents in Xinjiang has increased from 6876 yuan in 2012 to 17948 yuan in 2023, and happy life is booming.

Empowering hearts and gathering souls, all ethnic groups draw concentric circles together

Red silk danced in the sky and the drums shook the sky. I watched and listened to the drum. On the campus playground of the National Common Language School in Yimu Town, Wushi County, a lively Ansai waist drum performance is being performed. The ancient art rooted in the yellow soil is spread at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountains, more than 3000 kilometers away from the Loess Plateau.

Every child I meet walking on campus will take the initiative to come over and say hello, with sincere eyes. "If you don't learn etiquette, you can't establish yourself." 13-year-old Gulinazar Tursun said that during the recitation of Chinese classics, students realized traditional Chinese virtues, learned to be filial to their parents, love others, and keep their word.

2024年9月23日，在新疆乌什县依麻木镇国家通用语言学校，学生们在下围棋。新华社记者 任沁沁 摄

"The books are identical, the language is identical, and people are of the same mind. In an atmosphere of exchange, mutual learning, openness and inclusiveness, students fully feel the exchange and blending of diverse cultures." Principal Kurban Nyazi said that a drop of water can only gain permanent life if it flows into the sea, and a nation can truly develop only if it integrates into the big family of the motherland.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that efforts should be made to build a shared spiritual home for the Chinese nation and provide strong spiritual and cultural support for promoting the construction of the Chinese nation's community. Xinjiang closely focuses on the main line of building a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, carries out in-depth cultural enrichment of Xinjiang, and builds a shared spiritual home for the Chinese nation.

"Wasteland has become lakes, lakes and seas have become mulberry fields, hills have become ravines, and snow peaks have also changed their appearance. Only the story of the hero Manas has been passed down from generation to generation..." In Kulearik Village, Heiziwei Township, Wuqia County, the little girl Yeliza Arien and her friends played Kumzi, sang the heroic epic "Manas", and danced the "Flame Dance". The rhythm is sonorous, the tune is beautiful, and the rhythm is harmonious."I want to be the inheritor of" Manas "when I grow up."

2023年7月13日，在新疆克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州乌恰县，歌舞演员在第九届玛纳斯国际文化旅游节开幕式上表演《玛纳斯》片段。新华社记者 张瑜 摄

"Manas", passed down from generation to generation, is the three major heroic epics of my country that are as famous as "Gesar" and "Jangar". In recent years, the protection and inheritance of "Manas" has been continuously increased. A national-level Manas Research Center has been built and a team of old, middle and young inheritors has been established.

Chinese culture has always been the emotional support, spiritual destination and spiritual home of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. It is also the source of driving force for the development of the cultures of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. The cultures of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang have always been rooted in the fertile soil of Chinese civilization and are an inseparable part of Chinese culture. "Manas", Daolang Maixirefu, Sawuerdeng Dance... Xinjiang has done a solid job in the excavation, protection, research and interpretation, activation and utilization of cultural relics and cultural heritage. The "Four History of Xinjiang" Mobile Museum has achieved full coverage of "hundreds of counties and thousands of townships", and various intangible cultural heritage museums, intangible cultural heritage markets, intangible cultural heritage experience centers, and learning centers have blossomed everywhere, giving intangible cultural heritage new vitality and showing new charm.

Heart-to-hand connection, exchanges, bonds, and strong friendship

On the eve of National Day, a "Neighborhood Day Hundred Banquet" began in the courtyard of Haerdun Community in Tacheng City. Twenty-six dishes from 14 ethnic groups were successively placed on the long table. People of all ethnic groups displayed national songs and danced happily. Dozens of people of all ethnic groups sat around the long table, tasting various delicacies while enjoying wonderful performances., laughter came from time to time.

Hardun Community is home to 14 ethnic groups including Han, Kazakh, Hui, and Uyghur. Everyone "lives together, learns together, works together, and enjoys together" to jointly safeguard the "golden business card" of national unity. "This is not only a gathering, but also a microcosm of residents working together to create a better life. It is a warm picture of brothers and sisters dating and helping each other." Bahar Guli, Secretary of the Party Branch of Haerdun Community, said that in recent years, the community has carried out in-depth work of creating national unity and progress through activities with rich content and diverse forms, and people of all ethnic groups have interacted, exchanged and blended, and are like one family.

2024年9月27日，在新疆塔城市新城街道哈尔墩社区举行的“邻里节百家宴”现场，居民在品尝各色美食。新华社记者 顾煜 摄

Xinjiang has been a multi-ethnic area since ancient times. It has the same sky above its head and the same land on its feet. The people living here love national unity as they love their own eyes and cherish national unity as they cherish their own lives."Holding together tightly like pomegranate seeds" has become a vivid practice and true portrayal of Xinjiang's ethnic unity.

In the Unity Community of Korla City, with a total population of about 7000 people, people of all ethnic groups help each other, integrate development, and work together to enjoy each other; many shops on Wangsan Street in Aksu are named "one family". People of all ethnic groups are closely united, helped, developed together, and moved towards the future together;"You and I, heart-to-heart, live in Liuxing Street." Every person of all ethnic groups living in Liuxing Street Community in Yining City interprets "the same neighborhood, the same home" with every word and action in their daily life.

2024年9月19日，新疆库尔勒市朝阳街道团结社区石榴籽乐团在为居民们表演。新华社记者 顾煜 摄

In the vast land of Xinjiang, people of all ethnic groups continue to maintain the gene of unity, and the flowers of national unity bloom everywhere, and the sense of building a strong Chinese nation's community is increasingly rooted in the hearts of the people.

In addition to the mutual support and common development of the local people, the 19 provinces and cities that have assisted Xinjiang have spread the warmth of the big family of the motherland in the hearts of the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. Groups of cadres and talents who have assisted Xinjiang and the people of all ethnic groups are emotionally close to each other while walking around and learning from each other., grow together.

In 2018, the Guangdong-Xinjiang Tongxin Medical Treatment "Stone Baby" public welfare project was officially launched, and 153 children under the age of 6 have received free surgical treatment for stone disease. Xiao Fei, captain of the "group-style" medical team of Guangdong Province to aid Xinjiang and president of the First People's Hospital of Kashgar Prefecture, said: "The 'Stone Baby' public welfare project has vividly implemented the concept of promoting exchanges, exchanges and integration among people of all ethnic groups and has become a powerful witness of national unity. We will continue to contribute to building a united, harmonious and warm family."

On the new journey, the sons and daughters of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang are connected in hearts and emotions, have the same aspirations and gather together, and are striding on the road of promoting China-style modernization.

Written reporters: Li Ziliang, Qi Huijie, Gu Yu

Video reporters: Ruan Shuai, Gu Yu

Poster design: Liu Che

Coordinator: Wang Li, Ma Jing, Fang Sixian, Qiu Shijie