Memory and Identity: Tashi Tsering, the Last <i>Qinwang</i> South of the Yellow River

Today’s Henan Mongol Autonomous County is located in the southeastern part of present-day Qinghai Province, northeastern Tibetan plateau. This historical pastoral area South Yellow River a border where, milieu was created due to long-term mutual contacts between Tibetans and Mongols, which specific local customs, language patterns, social communities have emerged. The initial turning point their ethnical cultural identity integration into modern Chinese State 1954, followed by ethnic classification. Moreover Tietan populations been transformed minority nationalities is-á-vis Han Chinese, many even were classified as Mengguzu (Mongols), however, perceived Tibet-Mongols (Tib. Bod Sog ) themselves neighbours. By looking at outstanding figure Tashi Tsering, last qinwang grasslands Sino-Tibetan borderlands, this paper examines how people integrate memory traditional leader construction, they revive Mongolness despite seclusion from other communities.