Chono

Chono lies in the great eastern Mongolian grasslands, in the wider country associated with Xilingol. The open plateau extends towards the Gobi and the Dariganga pastures to the north. Across this landscape Mongolian pastoral communities have maintained their herds and language over generations. Farther north, the Dariganga include descendants of people brought from several Mongol communities in the late seventeenth century to tend the Qing emperor's horses.