北庭大都护与北庭节度使是大唐设置在天山北麓的最高长官,管理着郡县化的伊州、西州、庭州以及相邻的西突厥牧人的军政事务。城镇、村落中的居民主要是汉人和粟特人,牧区是突厥人的马背世界。不同的民族保持着各自的生活方式,呈现着多元文化共存的人文景观。 The Beitong Dahu and Beitong Jiedushi, the top officials of Datang set up in the north of the Tianshan Mountains, run the military affairs of the county-bound states of Iizhou, Xizhou and Tingzhou and the neighboring West Turkic herdsmen. Residents in towns and villages are mainly Chinese and Sogdians, and pastoral areas are Turks horseback world. Different ethnic groups maintain their own way of life and present a multi-cultural cultural landscape.