“马背上的民族”--生活在草原上的蒙古族

　　Mongolian---AnEthnicGroupLivingintheGrassland

　　---Celebratingthe60thAnniversaryoftheFoundationofInnerMongolianAutonomousRegion,China

　　InnerMongolianAutonomousRegionwasfoundedonMay1,1947,whichisthefirstautonomousregioninChinaandthemainareainhabitedbyChineseMongolians.2007isthe60thanniversaryofthefoundationofInnerMongolia.

　　LivinginnorthernChina,Mongolianethnicgroup(oneofChina’sminorities)isanoldnomadwithbold,unconstrained,strongandhospitablecharacteristics.“Mon-gol”means“eternalflame”,anditisknownas“thehorsebackpeople”becausetheyhadreliedonanimalhusbandryintheirhistory.InnerMongolianAutonomousRegionhasanareaof1.183millionkilometerswhichaccountsfor12.3%ofChina’stotalarea.InnerMongoliabordersMongoliaandRussiatothenorthwitha4,221-kilometerlongfrontier.Thereareasmanyas49ethnicgroupsliveinInnerMongoliawithatotalpopulationof23,843,500totheendof2004,amongwhichMongolianpeopleisover4.8million.ThecapitalofInnerMongoliaisHohhot.

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