The Dungan people, moving into Czarist Russia, kept the tradition of spelling their oral language with Arabic letters. This habit, known as xiao'erjin among Chinese Muslims, was carried on till ...

As the Dungan people settled in Central Asia, they brought their culinary traditions with them. Dungan cuisine has since become relatively famous in Central Asia, as it has taken Chinese and Central ...

Together we were sharing a traditional meal of the Dungan people, Turkic-speaking Muslims who immigrated to Central Asia from China in the late 19th century.