生活在我国新疆丝绸之路古道上的哈密维吾尔人,具有其浓厚的地域特点和古代色彩的、极为丰富的民间文化。从文化地理学角度看,哈密不仅是西域文化和中原文化的相逢点,而且也是衔接突厥民族狼图腾文化与满蒙民族熊图腾文化的重要枢纽;从宗教角度看,哈密维吾尔人与生活在我国北部和西北地区的诸突厥民族乃至阿尔泰民族一样,在漫长的历史进程中信奉了各种原始宗教。从语言学角度看,哈密方言不仅以其语音、语法、词汇特点区别于其它维吾尔方言,而且以保留古代突厥语成分最多的特点独具一格。此外,哈密方言中亦有很多跟满蒙语对应的词语和部分语法因素,被学术界视为原始阿尔泰语成分,这是其它方言所罕见的又一特点;从音乐艺术角度看,哈密亦是古老的音乐舞蹈之乡。总之,文化地理、宗教、语言、音乐艺术以及哈密维吾尔人生活的自然地理环境、经济生活方式等,形成了其民间文化,尤其是民间文学所独有的特色,而这些 Hami Uighurs who live on the trail of the Silk Road in Xinjiang of our country have their own rich geographical features and ancient colors and are extremely rich in folk culture. From the perspective of cultural geography, Hami is not only the meeting point of Western culture and Central Plains culture, but also an important hub that connects Turk national Wolf totem culture with Man Mongolian nationality’s bear totem culture. From a religious perspective, Hami Uighurs and people living in our country Like the Turks and even the Altaic peoples in the north and north-west, they embraced a variety of primitive religions in the long course of history. From a linguistic point of view, the Hami dialect differs from other Uyghur dialects not only in terms of its pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary, but also has its own characteristics in terms of preserving the features of the most ancient Turkic languages. In addition, there are many words and some grammatical factors in Hami dialect that correspond to Manchu dialects, which are regarded by the academic community as the original Altaic language component. This is another rare feature of other dialects. From a musical art perspective, Hami is also Ancient music and dance town. In short, cultural geography, religion, language, music and arts, as well as the natural geographical environment and economic lifestyles of Hami Uighur people have shaped their own folk culture, especially the characteristics of folk literature, and these