Generation of Tianjiao Genghis Khan

Heroic epic on the banks of the Ergon

Writing, Photography/Baylor

The Mongolian Plateau has been a paradise for nomadic people since ancient times. The ancient nationalities and tribes such as Xiongnu, Donghu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, Rouran, Turkic, Uighur, Khitan, and Svedawa have thrived on this vast grassland. About 2,000 years ago, Mongolians came to Ergon, where they wrote the heroic epic of nomadic people.

Mongolian, grassland, nomadic civilization ... these words always give people a mysterious, ancient and distant feeling. Wandering in this grassland, you will feel that the footsteps of some kind of history are still ticking, or you are walking back in just visiting. Before the formation of the Mongols, Xiongnu, Donghu, Wuhuan, Xianbei, Rouran, Turkic, Uighur, Qidan, and Shiwei-Daxun, which alternate in rise and fall, all left their marks on the Mongolian plateau. But only Mongolia, a great nomadic people, wrote a legendary epic here.

If the whole Hulunbeier grassland is a big cradle, then the Ergon River is the softest bedding in the cradle. Talk about Hulunbeier Grassland, in which the cadenza is Ergon. "Ergon" means "dedication" in Mongolian, and the Ergon River is the most generous gift from nature to the Mongolian people. The beautiful legend about the origin of the Mongolian nation began here. About 2000 years ago, there was a tribe called Mongolia, a branch of Shiwei people, who fought against some Turkic tribes. After the defeat, there were only two men and two women left in the Mongolian tribe. They fled to a lonely place surrounded by dense forests. There is only one path leading to the outside world, but there is a rich grassland. This place is called "El Kong Korm", which is a mountainous area south of Ergon.

By the end of 12, there were many Mongolian and Turkic tribes all over the Mongolian Plateau. They annexed each other, and wars continued, eventually forming larger tribal groups such as Mongolia, Hongjila, Tatar, Mirc, Woyila, Bahu, Kelie, Naiman and Wanggu. Although Mongolia is one of the larger tribes, it obviously needs more strength and wisdom to be strong enough to make its own tribe name the same as many tribes. Genghis Khan is a hero of the times.

Around 1 183, Temujin was elected as the leader of the begging department, and the battle for hegemony between tribes began. After eliminating all opposition, 1206, Temujin was elected as Genghis Khan at a meeting attended by all Mongolian nobles along the Wonan River. "Cheng" means powerful, "Cheng" is the plural of the word, and "Genghis Khan" means powerful and great monarch. His sphere of influence is called "Great Mongolia" and he is used to being called "Mongolian khanate".

Since then, the "Mongolian" tribe has expanded from Xing 'anling in the east, Altai Mountain in the west, Lake Baikal in the north and the border of Jin Dynasty in the south to a vast area with national and political identity. In this same body, there are many tribes with different customs, languages and skin colors, and with the expansion of the four major khanates, the influence of Mongols has reached an unprecedented level. The word Mongolia has also been engraved in the chapter of history and has become eternal.

Genghis Khan once said to his sons, "The world is vast and rich in resources, and there are many rivers. You can expand your camp and occupy your country separately." 1July 227 12, Genghis Khan died of illness, and he spent almost his whole life in the war. He not only unified the Mongolian ministries and made the Mongolian nation strong, but also created the largest empire in the world. He only used less than 200,000 cavalry, but he defeated Jin, Southern Song, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Germany, and Hua La Zi Mo (now Central Asia) in Europe. Because of this, Genghis Khan was called "the emperor of the world" and "the sweat of conquering the world" by later generations.

A special group guarding Genghis Khan's mausoleum-Darhuth Mongols. They were ordered to guard the tomb of the Holy Father and make the magic lamp immortal for 800 years. Festival-like cultural traditions have been formed around the sacrificial activities of the sacred ancestors.

Although the large-scale war of aggression has brought great disasters to the people of all countries and hindered the local social development, the establishment of a huge empire has promoted the economic and cultural exchanges between the East and the West to a certain extent. Li Sichun, a great historian, once commented in his metahistory: "The Mongols invaded the west in order to get through the blocked roads in the past and make the castes of all ethnic groups meet." American historian Latimer once said: "The reason why Mongolia occupies an important position in the history of China and the hinterland of Asia is that nomadic people are active in a wide range of nature. ..... Through them, the knowledge of printing and gunpowder spread to Europe, and they brought managers, mathematicians and engineers back to China from Central Asia and Persia. These foreigners who served the Mongols brought new crops of sorghum and cotton, and the Mongols used Persian engineers and China's gunpowder to master large-scale siege tactics. "

Yuanshangdu Site, Zhenglan Banner, Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia. Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan and the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, established the summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty on this grassland in the middle of the13rd century, echoing the Yuan Dynasty (now Beijing), and * * * became the two major capitals of the Yuan Dynasty with epoch significance and national characteristics.

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