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Brief introduction of Mongolians (not less than 200 words)

Mongolian (Mongolian:, Cyrillic alphabet: монгол? ндэстэн) is a traditional nomadic people mainly distributed in East Asia, one of the ethnic minorities in China and the main ethnic group in Mongolia. In addition, Mongolians are also distributed in Russia and other Asian and European countries, and Ewenki and Tu are sometimes considered as branches of Mongolians.

Mongols originated from the east bank of the ancient King Jianhe (now Ergon River). /kloc-At the beginning of the 3rd century, the Mongolian Ministry headed by Genghis Khan unified the Mongolian ministries and gradually formed a new national identity.

Mongolians live on grasslands and live on animal husbandry. Living a nomadic life of "living by weeds", although this lifestyle has weakened in modern society, it is still regarded as a symbol of Mongolians.

Mongolian scientific and cultural undertakings are relatively developed, and music and dance also occupy a prominent position in art.

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The origin of Mongolian names;

Mongolia was originally a name used by one of the Mongolian tribes whose ethnic origin is Donghu. Later, it gradually absorbed and integrated the forest hunting and grassland nomadic tribes living in Mobei area and developed into the same names of these tribes.

The word "Meng" is the sound change of "busy and idle", which was first seen in the Tang Dynasty, that is, the "Ten Flavors of Wu Meng" in the Book of New and Old Tang Dynasty. "Mongolian" is the earliest Chinese translation of the word "Mongolia", and later there are many homonyms such as "Mongolian bone", "Meng bone", "Meng bone", "Blind bone" and "Meng bone". The Chinese translation and writing of "Mongolia" began in Yuan Dynasty documents? [4]? .

"Mongolia" means "eternal fire" in ancient Mongolian, and the word "Mongolia" means "simplicity". Some people think that the original meaning of "Mongolia" is "skyclan". "Mongolian Uighur" is the earliest Chinese translation of the word "Mongolia", which was first seen in the Tang Dynasty.

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