Has Ellen Grassland really become the one described in Wolf Totem?

The Erlun grassland has been seriously desertified now, just as Mao Zedong said, "The bleak autumn wind has come again, and it has changed the world." In this sense (although "Wolf Totem" is a novel), these are the subjective reactions of the objective grassland reality in Jiang Rong's mind. As you said, the grassland has been farmed now, and the horse herding has been replaced by motorcycles. Recently, a horse riding competition is being held in Mongolian grassland. The purpose of this competition is different from before. What is more important now is to preserve their culture on horseback, so as to pass it on and not be forgotten.

Of course, you can still see some grassland shadows in remote corners. What you have seen and heard makes people feel sorry and sad. ...

Having said that, I want to encourage the questioner!