Kurban Tulum
{{Short description|Uyghur farmer and electrician (1883–1975)}}
{{Patronymic name|Kurban|Tulum|his}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth year|1883}}
| birth_place = Keriya, Xinjiang, Great Qing
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|05|26|1883|df=y}}
| death_place = Hotan, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China
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| occupation = Farmer and electrician
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| uig = قۇربان تۇلۇم
| uly = Qurban Tulum
| uyy = Ⱪurban Tulum
| s = 库尔班·吐鲁木
| t = 庫爾班·吐魯木
| p = Kù'ěrbān Tǔlǔmù
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| s2 = 库尔班大叔
| t2 = 庫爾班大叔
| p2 = Kù'ěrbān dàshū
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Kurban Tulum ({{langx|ug|قۇربان تۇلۇم}}; {{lang-zh|s=库尔班·吐鲁木}}; 1883 – 26 May 1975), also known as Uncle Kurban ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|库尔班大叔}}), was a Uyghur farmer and electrician who lived in the oasis town of Keriya, in Xinjiang, China.{{sfn|Hayes|Clarke|2015|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=d8M0CwAAQBAJ&q=Kurban&pg=PA102 102]}}{{Cite news| title = China tightens grip on western province Xinjiang| last = Moore| first = Malcolm| publisher = The Telegraph| date = 8 August 2008| access-date = 20 December 2019| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2524563/China-tightens-grip-on-western-province-Xinjiang.html| quote = In the middle of the square, giant statues of Chairman Mao and Kurban Tulum, an Uighur farmer and electrician who crossed the Taklamakan desert to meet China's premier.}} The government of the People's Republic of China promotes him as a symbol of unity between the Uyghurs and Han Chinese.{{Cite web| title = Kurban Tulum meets Mao Zedong| author = | website = centralasiatraveler.com| date = | access-date = 29 June 2017| url = http://www.centralasiatraveler.com/cn/xj/ky/kurban-tulum.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129162213/http://www.centralasiatraveler.com/cn/xj/ky/kurban-tulum.html| archive-date = 29 November 2014}}
Biography
According to a local cadre, prior to the arrival of the Chinese Communist Party, Kurban was a peasant who worked as a seasonal labourer for Uyghur landlords. During the land reforms of 1952, Kurban received land and various other properties.{{sfn|Hayes|Clarke|2015|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=d8M0CwAAQBAJ&q=Kurban&pg=PA102 102]}} He is said to have visited Ürümqi, the capital of Xinjiang, by riding a donkey, to show his appreciation for the People's Liberation Army's role in liberating his area. He tried to hitchhike to Beijing, the Chinese capital, but was unsuccessful.{{sfn|Hayes|Clarke|2015|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=d8M0CwAAQBAJ&q=Kurban&pg=PA102 102]}}
In May 1958, he was chosen as a member of an agricultural delegation from Xinjiang to Beijing. The delegation reached Beijing on 18 June and met with Chinese leader Mao Zedong on 28 June 1958.{{sfn|Hayes|Clarke|2015|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=d8M0CwAAQBAJ&q=Kurban&pg=PA102 102]}}
He was elected as a delegate to the 2nd National People's Congress in 1959 and the 4th National People's Congress in 1975.{{Cite web| title = 库尔班•吐鲁木与八枚证章背后的故事| author = 新疆自治区党委统战部| website = The United Front Work Department of CPC Central Committee| date = 30 December 2016| access-date = 29 June 2017| url = http://www.zytzb.gov.cn/tzb2010/S1826/201612/685320f712164c1f96deeb28faede91b.shtml| quote = }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Legacy
Monuments of Kurban's handshake with Mao stand in the town centres of Keriya and Hotan (Tuanjie Square), the birth and death places of Kurban, respectively.
A song named "Where Are You Going, Uncle Kurban?" ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|库尔班大叔您去哪儿?}}) and a film titled Uncle Kurban Visits Beijing ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|库尔班大叔上北京}}) were produced in 2002. He is a well-known figure in China as his name appears in state-produced school textbooks.
A 2019 TV series titled Uncle Kurban and His Descendants ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|库尔班大叔和他的子孙们}}) dramatised the overthrow of his landlord and his descendant's career in becoming an officer in the People's Liberation Army Navy.{{Cite web| title = China's Entertainment Future Is Guns, Trains, and Loving the Party| last = Teixeira | first = Lauren| work = Foreign Policy| date = 3 October 2019| access-date = 27 November 2019| url = https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/10/03/chinas-entertainment-future-is-guns-trains-and-loving-the-party/| quote = Xinjiang, currently the target of a massive crackdown, is also the setting for Uncle Kurban and His Descendants, a drama on the list that once more dusts off the story of Kurban Tulum.}}
See also
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- {{cite book |last1=Hayes |first1=Anna |last2=Clarke |first2=Michael |title=Inside Xinjiang: Space, Place and Power in China's Muslim Far Northwest |date=14 December 2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-67250-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8M0CwAAQBAJ |language=en}}
- {{cite news |last1=Tang |first1=Didi |last2=Wong |first2=Gillian |title=China's west erupts in violence 2nd time in 3 days |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-chinas-west-erupts-in-violence-2nd-time-in-3-days-2013jun28-story.html |agency=Associated Press |via=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=28 June 2013}}
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