Hubutu Heser Tourist Scenic Area

Hubutu Heser Tourist Scenic Area

Hubutu Heser Tourist Scenic Area is a national AAA-level tourist attraction and a cultural heritage site.

Hubutu Heser was the second son of Yesugei of the Kiyad tribe of Mongolia and the younger full brother of Genghis Khan, the revered Great Khan. Hubutu Heser had numerous descendants who thrived through generations. The Khorchin, Jalaid, Dörbed, Gorlos, Ar Khorchin, Moumin, Urad, Four Tribes, as well as the Hoshut of Qinghai, the Elegot of Alxa, and the Oirat Hoshut, are all descendants of Hubutu Heser. Today, a significant portion of Hubutu Heser’s descendants also reside within Mongolia. In present-day Inner Mongolia, around 80% of the Mongolian population in Da Meng Banner are descendants of Heser. Hubutu Heser was born in 1164 and died in 1213. From a young age, he was an exceptional archer with remarkable marksmanship—the name “Heser” means fierce and untamed. He made immortal contributions to Genghis Khan’s unification of the northern tribes and the establishment of the Great Mongol Empire. After unifying the Mongolian Plateau, Genghis Khan reformed the old tribal system and implemented the Thousand Household System, distributing lands and subjects under Mongol rule among royal family members and war heroes. He granted Hubutu Heser the grasslands around the Erguna River, the Hailar River, and Hulun Lake, along with a thousand households of people. To commemorate Hubutu Heser, later generations established a memorial hall and hold annual memorial ceremonies. These are conducted five times a year, on the 27th days of the second, fifth, seventh, and tenth lunar months, as well as on New Year’s Eve, with the ceremonies in May and October being the largest. The Moumin people have a documented history of nearly 400 years of ancestor worship for Hubutu Heser. In 1633, the Moumin people, following orders from the Later Jin government, migrated westward from the Hulunbuir Grassland to the Yin Mountains, bringing the memorial hall with them. Later, due to land reclamation policies under the late Qing government, the tribe was forced to relocate multiple times, moving here four times in total. The site was damaged during the Cultural Revolution. In 1988, the Da Meng Banner government rebuilt the Hubutu Heser Memorial Hall to protect this historic site. Today, the Heser Memorial Hall is located within Jing’an Town of Da Meng Banner, featuring an architectural style that blends flat-roofed Tibetan design with traditional Mongolian elements.