Influence of Pastoral Property Rights and Migration on Social Relationships in Hulunbuir

• In Event: Production and Society in Hulunbuir

Abstract

Over the past century, the structures and policies of the Hulunbuir grassland have undergone repeated changes. At the same time, the arrival of waves of new migrants, first from Russia and Japan, and later of sent down Chinese youth, transformed relationships: between the new arrivals and existing communities, and between the Han and ethnic Mongols. These new influences also changed the self-perception and traditional lifeways of Mongolian pastoralists. Taking the analysis of a typical Mongolian pastoral community as it undergoes the transformation of pastoral usage rights as the base, this paper investigates the influence these systemic and structural changes have had on Mongol herding communities, and on Mongol-Han relations. It presents local fieldwork investigations to introduce the factors that influence patterns of migration in Mongol communities, and the nature of Mongol-Han relations under different administrative systems.

Author

• Wei Zhang, Educational Science College,Hulunbeir College