以左宗棠为首的湘军镇压西北回民起义之后,一方面着力办理地方善后,恢复和发展甘宁青地区的地方经济,同时为了恢复和保存甘宁青地区的文化资源,对甘宁青地区的部分地方志进行了重修、续修和创修等活动,以期复苏和振兴被战争破坏的地方文化。湘军在回民起义战后撰修的具有代表性的地方志有五种。 After the suppression of the revolt of the Northwest Muslims in the northwest by the Zuoxiangtang administration, on the one hand efforts were made to restore the local economy in the Gansu-Ningxia region and to restore and develop the local economy in the Gansu-Ningxia region. At the same time, in order to restore and preserve the cultural resources of the Gansu-Ningxia region, Part of the local chronicles were rebuilt, renewed and innovated activities in order to revive and rejuvenate the local culture destroyed by the war. There are five representative local choreographed by the Hunan army after the Muslim uprising.