当前,关于中亚东干人的民间知识,在对东干人的总体研究中,几乎不被做为历史——民族学研究的对象。因此,这表明我们的撰述属于这类研究的初次尝试。在物质文化,包括劳动工具及对农作物的耕作方式、与其相联系的手工业对自然地理条件的适应中,东干人代代传承的实践经验,得到了体现。为适应于这些经验,从而产生了农历、各种度量衡的单位、体积与时间、对周围动、植物界的概念、及民间医学等等。 At present, the folk knowledge about Donggan people in Central Asia is rarely regarded as the object of historical-ethnological studies in the overall study of Donggan people. Therefore, this indicates that our writing belongs to the first attempt of such research. In the material culture, including the means of labor and the farming methods of crops, and the adaptation of the handicrafts to the natural and geographical conditions associated with them, the practical experience of generations of Donggan people from generation to generation has been reflected. In order to adapt to these experiences, the Lunar New Year, all kinds of units of measurement and weighing, volume and time, the concept of the surrounding moving and plant kingdoms, and folk medicine have been produced.