Explanatory Essay on Yurt

The yurt is a kind of house where Mongolian herders live. Construction and relocation are very convenient, suitable for pastoral production and nomadic life. Yurt ancient known as the dome, "felt bag" or "felt tent". According to the "black Tartar" records: "dome has two kinds: the system of Yanjing, with willow for the bone, just as the South Fu Si, can be rolled in front of the open door, such as umbrella bone, the top of the open a hole, known as the skylight, all felt for clothing, immediately can be loaded. The system of grassland, the willow group set into a hard circle, the path with felt tart fixed, can not be rolled, the car carries line." With the development of animal husbandry economy and the improvement of the herdsmen's life, yurt or felt tent was gradually replaced by yurt. The yurt is rounded with a pointed roof, and the top and the surrounding area are covered with one or two layers of thick felt. Ordinary yurts, the top height of 10-15 feet, the wall is about 5 feet high, the bag door towards the south or southeast open. The four main structures inside the ger are: hana (i.e. ger wall bracket), skylight (Mongolian "set of brain"), rafters and door. The size of the yurt is differentiated by the number of hanas, which are usually divided into 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 hanas. 12 hanas of yurts in the grasslands are rare, with an area of more than 60 square meters. Now the nomadic life is gradually replaced by settlement, the grassland rich herdsmen built brick houses, yurts are less and less.

Mongolian nomadic ethnic tradition of housing. Anciently known as the dome, also known as felt tents, in nomadic. Since the Xiongnu era has appeared, has been used until now. Yurt is round, around the side walls into several blocks, each block is about 13 meters high, with the wood weaving around the cover; nomadic areas are mostly mobile. Nomadic and is divided into detachable and non-detachable two kinds, the former to livestock transportation, the latter to ox carts grams and other ethnic herders nomadic yurts also live.

In the vast Mongolian plateau, the cold wind, the earth is dotted with many white tents. They are yurts.

The yurt has become a daily routine for the Mongolians, most of whom spend the year driving their goats, sheep, yaks, horses and camels in search of new pastures. The yurt can be packed into a traveling outfit, transported by a few camels to the footing point, and then raised in a tent.

The ancient traditional folk dwellings. Popular in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region and other places in pastoral areas. A round sky, through the smoke. Package door is small, facing south or southeast. With easy to make, easy to carry, wind and cold, suitable for animal husbandry and other characteristics. Mostly used in the ethnic "home", "house" meaning. In ancient times, the yurt is called "dome", "felt tent" or "felt room" and so on.

Yurts are round, large and small, large, can accommodate more than 20 people; small individuals. It is very simple to set up a yurt, usually in a suitable place of water and grass, according to the size of the bag first draw a circle, and then you can start to build according to the size of the circle.

After the yurt is set up, people decorate the inside of the bag. The thick furniture is laid, and frames and posters are hung around it. Now some furniture and electrical appliances also into the yurt, life is very comfortable and happy.

The biggest advantage of the yurt is that it is easy to disassemble. It is easy to move. When the yurt is set up, it will become a round wall if you open it, and when it is dismantled, it will be reduced in size if you fold it and close it back, and it can be a cow or a board. A yurt only needs two camels or a two-wheeled oxcart can be transported, two or three hours to build up.

The yurt looks small in appearance, but the area used inside the yurt is very large. And indoor air circulation, good lighting conditions, warm in winter and cool in summer, not afraid of the wind and rain, very suitable for frequent transhumance herders to live and use.

Balikun's Mongolians because of the long-term intermingling with the Han Chinese, so its robes, waist tie silk belt, stirrups leather boots robe, with colorful silk belt, stirrups Mongolia-style leather boots, valiant, handsome and powerful.

In the past, the Mongolian people to nomadic herding, so live all Mongolia in addition to nomadic herding, a considerable number of Mongolians engaged in agricultural production or agriculture and animal husbandry, they have settled in villages and towns.

The traditional diet of Barkun Mongolians is mainly pasta, milk, meat and summer eat some wild leeks, scallions and mushrooms. After a long time because of the Han Chinese, engaged in half-farming and half-pastoral life, and now generally eat vegetables. The Mongolian people are warm and generous, and treat their guests with sincerity. When entertaining guests, they must drink and sing "toasting songs" to create a warm atmosphere, thus expressing their welcome, blessings and respect for the guests. Mongolians especially advocate respect for elders, love and care for the younger generation, if the family came to the older elders, must welcome the horse to take over the tethered, the elders want to go, but also to take the horse to help its saddle.

The main Mongolian festivals are the Spring Festival and the Ovoo Festival, in addition to which there is also the Festival of Lights (Zulu Festival), the Maier Festival and so on. The Mongolian people to send winter to welcome the first day of spring, that is, the Spring Festival called: "Chaganza day". Mongolian festival has its own for column worship typical. Sacrifice hi land gathered in front of the Ovoo sacrifice, first by the lama incense chanting, people are offered offerings, from left to right around the song and dance and other recreational activities. Therefore, the Ovoo festival is not only a religious activity, Mongolian young men and women use this to show their talents, skills, an opportunity for emotional exchange.

Horse racing, wrestling, "is the grassland horseback national skill. Mongolian men and women learn to ride a horse since childhood, and by the age of ten, they can ride like a horse.