However, what the little lady wants to say today is not whether Ordos is a ghost, but the origin of the city's name. The name of each city, like a person's name, has its own meaning and significance. Ordos is Mongolian, meaning "numerous palaces". But to my dear surprise, Ordos is really a beautiful city. All the buildings are magnificent, but it is not close to the palace. It was not until I went to the Genghis Khan Mausoleum in Ordos this time and listened to the explanation of the Mongols that I understood the meaning.
When it comes to Mongols and the Yuan Dynasty, the first thing that comes to mind must be a generation of Tianjiao Genghis Khan, who opened up the territory of the largest imperial dynasty in China and even in the history of the world, making the Europeans at that time terrified. Legend has it that more than 700 years ago, when Genghis Khan led his army to Xixia, he passed by a plateau with rich aquatic plants. He was deeply attracted by the scenery and thought it was a treasure trove of geomantic omen. He was very happy. When he was nostalgic, he accidentally dropped his whip on the ground. Genghis Khan stopped him when his subordinates were about to pick it up. He said to himself, "This is the place where sika deer live, the hometown where Dai Sheng birds brood, the place where the declining dynasty is revitalized, and the country where white-haired old people enjoy themselves." In other words, he will be buried here after his death.
After Genghis Khan's death, he was buried in secret according to Mongolian custom. The so-called secret burial is a secret burial. There are no graves, tombstones, records and traces. So the place where Genghis Khan was buried has not been found so far, and Temujin was not buried in Genghis Khan's mausoleum today.
Most Mongolians in Genghis Khan's period believed in primitive shamanism, believing that everything in the world was a mystery and the soul would never die after death. Therefore, in order to worship the soul of Genghis Khan, Mongolia established eight white felt tents according to the style of the palace tents where Genghis Khan lived before his death, which enshrined the relics and sacred objects of Genghis Khan and his core relatives.
At first glance, these eight white houses are eight white yurts, but their bases are square, not round. Mongols regard it as a palace. After all, once Mongolians lived on grass, moved a lot and lived in yurts. In the era of Genghis Khan's campaign, the palace was also a big yurt built on a Lele car, so the Mongolian palace was not familiar to us Han people. In Mongolian, the pronunciation of palace is "Ordos", and "Si" means plural, that is, "many", which is similar to adding an "S" after the plural of English nouns, so "Ordos" means "numerous palaces" and refers to eight white houses.
According to Genghis Khan's last wish, people put these eight white houses in that fertile place, hence the name "Ordos". Today, these eight White Houses are located in the mausoleum of Genghis Khan, and are guarded day and night by the Darhuts, the pro-Genghis Khan army. Year after year, day after day, handed down from generation to generation, they never stopped, because they were also called the vigil of Genghis Khan.