The Xianbei people are an ancient nomadic people who rose up on the Mongolian Plateau after the Xiongnu, belonging to the Mongolian group of the Altaic language family, and emerged in the Daxingan Mountains. It was the most influential nomadic people in China during the Wei, Jin, and North and South Dynasties, originating from the Eastern Hu tribe and distributed in northern China. After the fall of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Xianbei state established with the Xianbei race as the main body no longer existed. After the Sui and Tang dynasties, Xianbei no longer existed as a political and ethnic entity.

Today, the Xianbei have merged into other ethnic groups, becoming another ancient ethnic group that has disappeared on the path of ethnic integration.

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The origin of the name of the tribe: "Three Kingdoms", "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty", "The Book of Jin" and "The Spring and Autumn Annals of the Sixteen Kingdoms" recorded that the name of the tribe "Xianbei" was "based on the mountain of Xianbei, and the mountain was the name of the tribe". "Wei Shu" recorded as "Da Xianbei Mountain". According to evidence, Xianbei Mountain is the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Xing'an League, Koyuzhong Banner of the Mongolia Gehan Mountain; and the big Xianbei Mountain is located in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Oroqen Autonomous Banner found in the northern section of the Great Hinggan Mountains.

Tribal name interpretation: "Xianbei" word, also known as "Shi Bi", referring to the Hu people's belt hook. This belt hook first came from the East Hu, the Warring States period spread to the State of Zhao and so on. The Historical Records Suoyin" cited Zhang Yan Yun: "Xianbei Guo Lu belt, the name of the beast is also, the East Hu good service. "Guo Lu" for the meaning of the beast, "Xianbei" means auspicious or God, together as a mythical beast or beast. The East Hu people to deer and other beasts cast skeleton belt hooks, that is, the so-called "Xianbei GuoLu belt", the translation of beasts belt or beasts belt.

In addition, some scholars believe that "Xianbei" is the meaning of auspicious, to Xianbei as a clan name, in line with the customary way of naming the ancient nomadic people; there are also scholars believe that "Xianbei" contains an animal meaning, as a tribal totem of the animals or The animal is the totem of the tribe or a sacred animal.

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