1499 cases were examined for their lingual pictures in the old city. Kashi of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Results showed that about 2/3 of the cases have moderate tongue body

1/2 have plump tongue body . 15. 8% of the cases have fissure. The quality of tongue is mainly pink in color （86. 9%） most fur are white and thin （94. 2%. 82. 5%） . It was shown that the tongue body and teeth -marked tognue are related to the body weight: while the geographical tongue is related to sex: the incidence of plump tongue

fissuredtongue and geographical tongue increase with the increase of age. However

the nationality of the cases examined were more closely related to lingual picture. In Uygur people

the incidence of the above tongue picture were far higher than the Han people. The incidence of thick fur

scarlet tongue

petechiae in the tip and sides of tongue was higher in the Han people.