The Baoan people in Baoan inhabited areas speak Baoan language, which belongs to the Mongolian language group of the Altaic language family.

Most people are fluent in Chinese and general in Chinese.

"Security" is what this family calls themselves.

In the old days, it was called "Baoan Hui" because its religious beliefs and customs were similar to those of the local people.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, they were named the Baoan ethnic group in 1952 based on their own free will.

The origin and formation of the Baoan people. According to legends, their language characteristics, ethnic characteristics and living customs, it is generally believed that the Baoan people are a group of Central Asian Semu people who believe in Christianity since the Yuan Dynasty. They guarded the border and settled in the Tongren area of ??Qinghai.

The local Mongolian, Tibetan and other ethnic groups have long-term exchanges and natural integration, gradually forming a nation.

The Baoan people have their own language but no written language. According to the 1954 language survey, they were identified as the Mongolian language group of the Altaic language family.

The Baoan people believe in Christianity.

The Baoan people are highly skilled in making pasta. Youxiang, steamed buns, steamed noodles, and cold noodles are all traditional delicacies of the Western Regions.

The Baoan people originally lived in the Tongren area of ??Qinghai.

In 1227, the 22nd year of the Mongol Khanate of Genghis Khan, the Hezhou area, including Tongren, became an important military stronghold where the Mongolian army was stationed.

Some Mongolian troops and the Central Asian Seri people in the "Tanma Red Army" stationed themselves on the spot and were called "border defenders" and "camping troops".

In the later period of Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty, the "Tanma Red Army" was incorporated into the civil register and became a civilian household.

From then on, the sergeants who guarded the border and settled in Tongren became the ancestors of the Baoan people.

During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Bao'an City, Xiazhuang and Gasar were built, which were called the "Three Bao'an Villages"; the surrounding native and Tibetan people called Bao'an "Heihei" or ***, from about 1858 in the late Xianfeng to early Tongzhi years in the Qing Dynasty.

By 1863, the Baoan people were forced to leave the Tongren Baoan area in Qinghai and moved to the Dahejia area in Hezhou, Gansu.

There are many explanations for the reasons for the migration of the Baoan people. The main reason is that the feudal rulers forced the Baoan people who believed in Christianity to convert to Lamaism and were forced to migrate.

When the Baoan people agreed to move away, including the leaders Shelibu, Libaoshanga, Yilasi, and Galazi, they were attacked by the Marba tribe, Gazhaidong tribe, Liaison Wufangtou, and other tribes.

The Zhaidong tribe and other tribes surrounded Baoan City at night.

Some of the security guards living in the city were killed or captured, and most fled in panic.

Hongbu Anguwa, Akhualidan and Akli of the Tibetan Langjia tribe led a crowd down from Yandong Mountain behind Baoan City, stopped the Baoan people from the Beiyuan Water Cave, and together with the Xiazhuang Baoan people, turned over.

From Doman'er Mountain, they passed through the boundary of Langjia tribe and were escorted to the east of Galengkou.

Until after liberation, the security guards in Qianhetan and Meipo still called the Langjia people "Awangcang" as saviors, and sometimes invited them to entertain them, maintaining the traditional friendship between fraternal ethnic groups.

The security guards living in Gasar on the west bank of the Longwu River were also escorted by the Hacanaka tribe of the Tu ethnic group under the leadership of Majala, Ma Sangao, Ma Shiliu and others. They abandoned their homes and went to Xunhua Street - with

Settlement.

After the security guards arrived in the Xunhua area, they were placed by the Salar people in Suzhigong, Chajiaigong, Jiezigong and Chahan Temple Gong.