文化“提供了一种解释人的动机和行为的框架”，民族间文化的认同具备“调节冲突、维持平衡”的能力。因此，“文化的认同是文化和谐的基石,文化的和谐是社会和谐的标识”。新疆民族间文化差异较大，将差异具象化、寻其根源并构建认同机制，对新疆长治久安有着重要意义。本研究从新疆社会现实出发，依据心理学、社会学有关理论， 利用Likert量表调查数据，将文化认同具象化；借助描述统计、列联分析等手段揭示文化差异的总体水平和内部结构；依据文献及“冰山理论”，将文化差异分解为“语言文字”、“风俗习惯”、“宗教信仰”和“民族身份”四个“意识”维度，构建影响文化认同的理论机制；运用结构方程、有序probit模型，探寻文化认同影响机制中各因素的现实交互，构建影响文化认同的现实机制；结合“和谐新疆”要求，构建以“法制文化塑造”为核心的文化认同和谐机制。本研究将为新疆“以现代文化为引领”的实施，提供理论依据和现实支撑。

Culture “provides a framework to explain the motivation and behavior of people” . National cultural identity has the ability to “adjust the conflict and keep a balance”. Therefore, “cultural identity is the foundation of cultural harmony, which, in turn, is the identity of social harmony” . The differences of national culture in Xinjiang are huge. Therefore, it is of great significance to specify the differences, find the roots and build the identity mechanism for the long-term stability in Xinjiang. This research, based on relevant theories of psychology and sociology, will specify the cultural identity by employing Likert scale survey data from the social reality in Xinjiang. Then it will the reveal overall level and internal structure of cultural differences by using descriptive statistics and contingency analysis. And what’s more, on the basis of literature and “Iceberg Theory”, the research will decompose the cultural differences into four “consciousness” dimensions, that is, language, custom, religion and national identity to build the theory mechanism that influences the cultural identity. In addition, by employing structural equation and ordered probit model, it will search for the reality interaction of each factor in cultural identity influence mechanism to building reality mechanism that influences the cultural identity. Finally, in combination with the requirement of “harmonious Xinjiang”, it will build cultural identity harmonious mechanism which makes the “shape of the legal culture” as the core. In a word, this research will provide a theoretical basis and practical support for the implementation of “making modern culture as the lead” in Xinjiang.