数千年前,北方游牧民族已在这里繁衍生息。闻名于世的乌兰察布草原岩画,散落在草原、山道、沟壑间的一处处古长城遗址,向世人讲述着从远古狩猎部族人到匈奴、鲜卑、突厥的一个又一个遥远传说。蒙元时期,达茂草原进入高度繁盛阶段,汪古部落的政治、经济、文化中心——敖伦苏木古城,成为沟通蒙古高原与内地之间经济交流的重要节点和军事要塞。 Thousands of years ago, nomadic peoples in the north had thrived here. The world famous Wulanchabu prairie rock paintings, scattered in the grasslands, mountain roads, ravines, a place between ancient Great Wall ruins, tells the world from the ancient hunting tribes to the Huns, Xianbei, Turks one after another distant legend. During the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, the Dalai steppe entered a highly prosperous stage. The ancient city of Ao Lun Su, the political, economic and cultural center of the Wanggu tribe, became an important node and military fortress for economic exchanges between the Mongolia Plateau and the hinterland.