The Sky is Cang Cang, the Wild is Vast, and the Wind Blows the Grass Low to See the Cattle and Sheep is a scene from the life of the Mongolian minority.
"The sky is pale and the fields are vast, and the wind blows the grass down to see the cattle and sheep" describes the Inner Mongolia Plateau, and is a description of the grassland landscape where the Mongols live. The Tibetans are mainly located in the Tibetan region, the Manchus are mainly located in the northeastern plains, and the Miao are mainly located in the southwest of China. Knowledge of the population size, traditional festivals, musical instruments and dances of each ethnic group can also be examined.
Mongolian Customs: Horse Herding
Mongolians are known as a horseback nation. In ancient times, children and old men used horses as a means of transportation. The horse is not only a means of transportation for Mongolians, but also an important part of Mongolian culture. Mongolians are familiar with the nature of the horse, and usually use the rough grazing horse. The Mongolian horse is divided into several series, including the Urumqin horse, Shangduhe horse, Uttarakhand horse, Sanhe horse, and Horqin horse.
The Mongolian grasslands are vast and rich in pasture, very suitable for raising horses. Horses are good at sports, so eat a lot of food, small stomach, fast digestion, while eating defecation, most of the time a day to keep eating grass. Summer heat mosquitoes, horses in the daytime to avoid mosquitoes, to avoid the heat, so mainly at night to eat grass long fat.
Mongolians have grown up on horseback since childhood, and the horse is the cradle of the Mongolians. Mongolians believe that the horse is the most perfect and understanding livestock in the world. Mongolian horses are strong and tough, but they are very loyal to their masters.
Mongolians regard the horse as a herdsman's friend, the horse to the head for the honor, the Mongolians are strictly prohibited to hit the horse's head, not allowed to abuse the horse, not allowed to two people riding a horse, the fall long fat period is not allowed to ride the horse running wildly so that the horse sweating.
Horsemen, riders should carry scraping horse sweat board, horse brush, at any time for the riding horse brushing body, scraping horse sweat, for the horse to relax, relax muscles, eliminate fatigue, at the same time, this is also the owner of the horse and the proximity to enhance the feelings of the way.
The horse has been y integrated into the spiritual world of Mongolians. The Mongolian people have made countless hymns, fables, aphorisms, folklore, folk songs, music, art and sculptures on the theme of horses.
Mongolians also have many horse-related festivals, such as: Horse Racing Festival, Horse Pony Festival, Horse Milk Festival, Divine Horse Festival, and so on. Genghis Khan Mausoleum on the Ordos Plateau, enshrining a Genghis Khan's sacred horse Windugan Chagan and two Genghis Khan's white stallion.