78.43% of the Kirgiz ethnic group in my country live in the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in the southwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. “Kirgiz” is the self-proclaimed name of the ethnic group and is also the name of other ethnic groups. Foreign homologous ethnic groups are called “Kyrgyz” in Chinese translation. . There are many different interpretations of the meaning of “Kirgiz”. One says it is the plural of forty, which can be interpreted as “forty ‘hundred households'”, that is, forty tribes; another says it means “nomads in the mountains”, and there are also “Ogus people in the mountains”, “Yi There are also sayings that “Kirg” means forty, “Kiz” means “girl”, and “Kirgiz” means forty girls.

The Kirgiz people have a long history of traditional handicrafts, including woodworking, metal processing, textile embroidery, etc. The various animals, figures, flowers, trees, sun, moon and stars carved and embroidered are rich in content, beautiful in shape, vivid in image, full of distinctive national characteristics and rich flavor of life.

The Kirgiz people often wear small hats with a strip of black cloth or black velvet on the lower edge. In winter, they wear fur hats made of fox skin or lamb skin (Taibie Taiyi). Men wear round-necked shirts with rusty white lace, “slip-ons” made of sheepskin or blue or black cotton, and a belt or embroidered cloth belt around their waists. Wear underpants on the lower body and wide-leg trousers made of blue or black corduroy cloth and other cloths on the outside. Generally, felt boots and felt socks are worn in winter. Women mostly wear long pleated jumpsuits with silk threads embroidered with various patterns on the outside, silver buckles and copper wires, colorful gold velvet waistcoats, and shiny leather boots.

The diet of the Kirgiz people is mainly based on cattle, sheep, horses, camels, yak meat and dairy products. Meat, milk and dairy products are indispensable for almost three meals a day. Wheat, highland barley, and vegetables are only supplementary foods in their diet. “Kemoz” (Mare Kumis) and “Bozuo” (Fazi Liquor) are both excellent drinks for the Kirgiz people to entertain guests in summer and autumn.