Distribution of Turks:
Mainly distributed in Huzhu Tu Autonomous County, Minhe Hui Tu Autonomous County, Datong Hui Tu Autonomous County, Tongren County and Ledu County of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, and some scattered in Menyuan County of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Haixi Mongolian Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture;
There are more than 20,000 people living in Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County in Gansu Province, Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, Yongdeng County in Lanzhou City, Jishishan Baoan Dongxiang Salar Autonomous County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture and Zhuoni in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Among them, the Tu nationality in Qinghai Province accounts for about 85% of the total population of Tu nationality in China.
Turkish:
Tu language belongs to Mongolian family of Altai language family, and its basic vocabulary is the same or similar to Mongolian, but it is closer to security language.
Extended data:
Taboos of the Tu nationality:
Tu people have many taboos, mainly as follows: taboo to eat the meat of round-hoofed livestock (horses, mules and donkeys); Do not urinate in the barn; It is forbidden to let people who have been to the darkroom (moonroom), filial sons (bereaved children) and women enter the temple halls or family Buddhist temples of the Tu people; Taboo women don't wear hats and robes in front of their elders;
Don't say hello outside the courtyard, and enter the courtyard of Turks at will without permission; Taboo to pour tea for guests in cracked bowls; It is forbidden to ask guests "have you eaten" or "have you eaten"; Taboo guests count their own sheep; Avoid traveling long distances or holding weddings, and touch empty barrels, empty backs and unclean things when you go out in the morning;
Smoking, spitting, rummaging through articles and making loud noises in Buddhist temples and shrines are forbidden; It is forbidden to pass through the monks' kneeling mats and other items; Taboo sneezing and coughing at butter lamps; The Buddhist temple warp wheel is forbidden to turn from right to left, and strictly follows the principle of turning from left to right; It is forbidden to hunt and urinate anywhere near the temple.
In addition, the Tu people also have the habit of avoiding doors, such as giving birth to children, installing new doors and finding infectious diseases. Others may not be admitted to the hospital, which is called avoiding the door. The sign of avoiding the door is: stick a red paper next to the gate, insert cypress branches or simmer a fire next to the gate.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-tu nationality