Mongolian (Mongolian: Cyrillic: Монгол ?ндэстэн) is a traditional nomadic ethnic group mainly distributed in East Asia. It is one of the ethnic minorities in China and the main ethnic group in Mongolia.

In addition, the Mongolian ethnic group is also distributed in Russia and other Asian and European countries, and the Ewenki and Tu ethnic groups are sometimes considered to be branches of the Mongolian ethnic group.

The Mongolian people originated from the area on the east bank of the Wangjian River (today's Ergun River) in ancient times.

At the beginning of the 13th century, the Mongolian tribes headed by Genghis Khan unified the tribes in the Mongolian region and gradually formed a new ethnic unity.

The Mongolian people have lived on the grasslands for generations and rely on animal husbandry for their livelihood.

Living a nomadic life of "living for water and grass", although this way of survival has been weakened in modern society, it is still regarded as a symbol of the Mongolian people.

The Mongolian people are relatively developed in science and culture, and music and dance also occupy a relatively prominent position in art.

Extended information: Origin of the name Mongolian: Mongolia was originally just a name used by one of the Mongolian tribes with Donghu as its origin. Later, it gradually absorbed and integrated the forest hunting and grassland nomadic tribes living in the Mobei region, and developed into

These tribes have the same name.

The word "Mongolia" is the sound change of "Manghuole", which was first seen in the Tang Dynasty, that is, "Mengwu Shiwei" in the new and old "Book of Tang".

"Mengwu" is the earliest Chinese translation of the word "Mongolia". Later, there were many homonymous translations such as "Menggu", "Menggu", "Mengguzi", "Blind bone", "Menggu" and so on.

The Chinese translation of "Mongolia" first appeared in documents from the Yuan Dynasty [4].

"Mongol" means "eternal fire".

In ancient Mongolian, the word "Mongolia" means "simple".

Some people also think that the original meaning of "Mongolia" is "celestial clan".

"Mengwu" is the earliest Chinese translation of the word "Mongolia", which first appeared in the Tang Dynasty.

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