Tǔlièmáo

Tuliemao lies in the grassland country of the eastern Horqin, between the Greater Khingan uplands and the Songnen plain. The region formed part of the pasturelands of the Horqin Mongols, whose leaders entered into alliance with the Later Jin during the early seventeenth century. Under the Qing, Horqin and neighboring Mongol groups were organized into banners and leagues. Herds and seasonal pastures remained central to life in the open country around the foothills.