1982年9月,我以记者的身份参加了中国穆斯林朝觐团。当我们来到伊斯兰圣地麦加的消息在沙特阿拉伯的报纸和电台一报道,我们下榻的伊盟(伊斯兰教最大的国际组织,全名是伊斯兰世界联盟)招待所里,每天都有络绎不绝来访的华侨。来的多半是维吾尔族,他们中有宗教师、学者、农艺家、商人等。见到我们,他们象见了久别重逢的亲人一样激动。有人背诵起维吾尔族大诗人艾尔米亚大毛拉的名句:“美丽的祖国,脐血滴在的地方……”表达他们眷念祖国之情。在沙特的华侨中,新疆的维吾尔族占了多数。和我们交谈时,他们对家乡的山水、草木都一往情深,恨不得一下子都问个遍。团内的 In September 1982, I participated as a journalist in the Chinese Muslim Pilgrimage. As we come to the Mecca, a holy shrine, in Saudi Arabia, newspapers and radio stations reported that there was an endless stream of daily visits to the guest house where the Iranian Union (the largest Islamist international organization under its full name is the Islamic World Alliance) Overseas Chinese. Most of the Uighurs come from among them, including religious teachers, academics, agronomists and businessmen. When we saw us, they were as excited as they were when they saw their loved ones who had been together for a long time. Someone recite the famous Uygur big poem Ermilla Da Mulla: “The beautiful motherland where umbilical cord blood dripped ...” to express their love for the motherland. Among the overseas Chinese in Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uighurs make up the majority. When we talked with them, they were passionate about the landscapes and the vegetation in their hometowns and could not wait to ask for it all at once. Inside the group