The proposal of "Hetao Culture" is mainly based on the cultural landscape. To establish a cultural landscape, cultural divisions and cultural systems within the cultural geography category cannot be ignored. According to custom, cultural divisions follow three methods, namely, "formal cultural zones" divided by cultural characteristics, "functional cultural zones" divided by administrative divisions, and "native cultural zones" divided by special cultural awareness. According to the origin, evolution and diffusion of the Hetao culture, the Hetao culture has formed its own unique cultural system, which has significant characteristics of a cultural complex, which is what cultural anthropology refers to as a "cultural cluster". It is a cultural area formed after social groups of a certain cultural system gather together. "Hetao Culture" is a "formal cultural area" divided according to cultural characteristics and has its own independent cultural system (cultural cluster). For thousands of years, frontier culture, Yellow River culture, grassland culture and farming culture have gathered, integrated, been inherited and accumulated in the Hetao area, forming a distinctive regional, national and inclusive local cultural system. The long history, profound connotation and rich forms have laid a solid foundation for building the Hetao cultural brand.
As far back as tens of thousands of years ago, the ancestors of Hetao lived and thrived in the land of Bayannur. Judging from the early human fossils unearthed from 1992 to 1997, "Hetao Man" belongs to "late Homo sapiens", and many of its characteristics are "close to Peking Man". "'Hetao Man' should be after 'Dingcun Man' and after 'Dingcun Man'" Before 'Zhiyu Man' and 'Singding Cave Man'."
Since the pre-Qin Dynasty, the Hetao area has been an important military base for national border guards. The rise of the Xiongnu, the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty, and the battles of the Song, Yuan, Liao and Jin Dynasties are all related to the fertile Hetao alluvial plain and Bayannur with rich water and grass. The survival advantage here caused ancestors to flock from all directions, especially the various ethnic groups and Mongolian and other ethnic minorities who lived here in harmony. Multi-ethnic and multi-cultural integration formed a special Hetao cultural system where multiple cultures organically blended. It contains a large number of precious historical and cultural relics. Yinshan rock art is one of the largest rock art treasures in the world; a large number of dinosaur fossils and other mammal and reptile egg fossils were unearthed in Bayinmandu; the Great Walls of Zhao, Qin and Han Dynasty are spectacular in the territory; ancient cities are scattered throughout the city The number of ruins and ancient tombs, especially the Shajintao Haihan tombs, is unique in China in terms of its large number and wide distribution area. It is said that the shochu in a wine tripod from the Han Dynasty unearthed here more than 2,000 years ago is one of only two liquid cultural relics in the country. It also shows the ancient wine culture in this area. In addition, there are ethnic folk calligraphy and painting, music and dance, paper-cutting, Hetao two-person stage, mountain climbing tune, barbarian tune, folk customs, etc. with regional characteristics, which are all important contents of the Hetao culture. Therefore, "Hetao" is not a regional name in the general sense. It mainly highlights the culture of the Hetao and is a harmonious manifestation of culture and nature.
To sum up, the Hetao culture is an important part of the Yellow River culture and grassland culture. It is a treasure of northern my country’s culture and a typical representative of the integration of farming civilization and nomadic civilization in the history of human development. It has the characteristics of grassland The unique cultural characteristics and strong cultural tolerance are the collision and blending of culture and farming culture. The formation process of the Hetao culture played a huge role in my country's northern military history, Urad grassland cultural history, and the history of nomadic settlement and reclamation development. Exploring and discussing the Hetao culture, inheriting and promoting the Hetao culture, and creating and spreading the Hetao culture will enrich the connotation and extension of the Yellow River culture and grassland culture, improve the competitiveness, influence, and radiation of the regional economy and culture, and increase the visibility and attraction of the place. It has important practical significance and far-reaching historical significance to promote the comprehensive and coordinated development of regional economy and society.