我国西南地区回族历史源远流长,最早可以追溯到公元七世纪中叶。唐宋时期,随着中央王朝及西南地方政权与西城南海诸国,政治、军事、经济、文化联系交往的密切频繁,一些穆斯林使节、经师、商人、军士开始涉足我国西南地区。其间部分穆斯林先由侨居而后落籍,历经唐至宋五六百年间的繁衍发展,逐渐成为我国西南地区回族的最早来源之一。 The history of the Hui nationality in southwestern China has a long history and can be traced back to the mid-seventh century AD. During the Tang and Song dynasties, with the close contacts between the Central Government, the southwestern local authorities and the countries in the western South China Sea, some Muslim envoys, warriors, businessmen and sergeants began to set foot in the southwestern region of our country. In the meantime, some Muslims first lived and settled abroad. After the flourishing development of the five hundred or sixty years of the Tang and Song Dynasties, they gradually became one of the earliest sources of Hui nationality in southwest China.