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The Fulaan Bulog 'Red Springs' and the Mongol Presence in the Huzhu Tu (Mongghul) Area, Qinghai Province, PR China

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Limusishiden (Li Dechun), Susan Dan Su, JA Janhunen (Yang Hunen), Kelsang Norbu (Gesang Nuobu, Skal bzang nor bu), and Chuluu Ujiyediin. 2021. The Fulaan Bulog 'Red Springs' and the Mongol Presence in the Huzhu Tu (Mongghul) Area, Qinghai Province, PR China. Asian Highlands Perspectives 60:8-46.

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Mongghul origins are controversial. One argument holds that the Xianbei or Tuyuhun are origins of the modern-day Mongghul (Monguor ethnicity, officially recognized in China today as the Tu nationality), while a second suggests that the Mongghul language and everyday practices exhibit Mongol lineage. This article provides further insight into the origins of the Mongghul people, particularly through evidence provided by individuals from Huzhu Tu (Mongghul) Autonomous County. Oral narratives contain valuable accounts of the history of the Fulaan Bulog 'Red Springs' region, local religious practices, customs surrounding field boundary rituals of the Mongghul of Huzhu, and other aspects of Mongghul history and culture in Huzhu.

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We begin with a brief outline of scholars arguing that the Mongghul are descendants of the Xianbei or Tuyuhun ethnic group. However, other scholars refute this claim, citing linguistic and cultural evidence that points instead toward the Mongols as the ancestors of modern-day Mongghul. The relationship between Mongghul and Mongols is particularly compelling when examining evidence from the Red Springs region in Huzhu Tu (Mongghul) Autonomous County. Thus, the bulk of the article provides Mongghul oral narratives from Huzhu detailing this relationship that involves important information on the Red Springs region, the Sughua chansi, and other historical and contemporary aspects of Mongghul culture, life, and governance in the Huzhu area. The article concludes with sixteen photographs taken September-October 2013 in the Sughua Village vicinity

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