So, were the Tuwa people in the Western Expedition Mongolian? Why did you leave the name "Tuva" later?
Although there is no clear record about this history in the history books, from the specific situation of Tuwa people, first of all, their looks are very similar to those of Mongols, and their costumes and living habits are basically the same. Secondly, in terms of religious belief, both Tuwa people and Mongols believed in Lamaism, and at the same time, some shamanism sites were preserved.
Every household in Tuwa has a portrait of Genghis Khan. Most Tuwa people think they are related to Genghis Khan, but some people hold different views. They think that Genghis Khan is worshipped more because he is a hero than because he has a direct relationship with Tuwa people. Because they have lived with Mongols for a long time, the outside world regards them as Mongols.
In fact, in Harmony Village, besides Tuwa people, there are real Mongols. A man named Badlake said that his family was not Tuwa, but they lived in Harmony Kanas, because they were transferred from outer Mongolia in the Qing Dynasty to manage Tuwa. The narrative of Bader Lake shows that Tuwa people in history may not be equal to Mongols, so Mongols have to send their own people from Mongolian grasslands when they manage this area artificially. So what is the relationship between Tuwa people and Mongols? To answer the secrets of the past, we must look for traces in Tuva people's lives.
Blue tie
Tuva people have another view of their own history. Sorenger, who served as deputy director of the Education Bureau in Habahe County, put it this way: When Genghis Khan went west to Europe and Asia, the army poured down from Mongolia like a flood, which made Europe exclaim that God's black whip appeared. When he came back, his eldest son recruited a group of Tuwa people late and sent them to Mahan Lake. When passing through Tuwa village, I saw the beautiful scenery, fertile land and a big lake (Kanas Lake) flowing with milk-like water, so I left some Tuwa people stationed and awarded them "Cork Mencock" (meaning blue tie). From then on, this part of Tuwa people wore blue ties and patrolled here. In Genghis Khan's army, people who wear ties are second only to first-class soldiers who wear helmets. More than a hundred years later, the Mongolian empire fell like the sunset, and the descendants of Khan returned to the Western Regions from the Central Plains to carve up their own territory, and this part of the Tuwa people was forgotten. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, they took off the blue tie around their necks, put away the soldiers' clothes and became ordinary people.
It is said that blue ties can also be found in the village. This blue tie is actually a symbol of ancestral martial arts.