The meaning of "Ordos" in Mongolian is:

In terms of the original meaning of Mongolian, "Ordo" means palace tent, and "Si" is plural. "Ordos" means "palace tent group".

On July 12, 1227 (August 18 in the Gregorian calendar), Genghis Khan (Temujin, Taizu of the Yuan Dynasty) passed away in the Lao Tuzhi Palace of Salichuanha, Qingshui County, northwest of Pingliang today. In accordance with his last words, the funeral was kept secret until Tang Wuti was pacified, before the coffin was transported back to Harahe Forest and buried in the holy mountain of Burhan Khaldun (Kent Mountain) [Buried in the Chariot Valley]. In order to commemorate his holy ancestor, Ogedai Khan built eight white felt tents in Haraholin, modeled after the palace tent where Genghis Khan lived during his lifetime, to worship Genghis Khan's relics. Therefore, it was called "Ordos", also translated as "Eight White Room, Eight White Houses" ".

In this way, "Ordos" has become a special noun - "Genghis Khan Ordos (Eight White Rooms)" - specifically referring to the eight white yurts that worship Genghis Khan's relics.

Expansion:

The Ordos region has had many different names in its history. Ordos is located on the south bank of the Yellow River, so people call it "Henan Land". The Ordos area is surrounded by water on three sides in the west, north and east, and is connected to the ancient Great Wall in the south, forming a huge nest, so it is also called the "Hetao"

Ordos and Shanxi are across the river, and one is in Hexi. , one is in the east of Hedong, so it is also called "Hexi"; Ordos was once the place where nomads lived in the north, with Tufang, Guifang, Qiangfang, Longfang, Xunyu, Baidi, Chidi, Yiqu, and Nomadic tribes such as Loufan and Linhu were therefore called "Hu's"

After Qin Shihuang unified China, he sent troops to attack the Hu's and occupied the Ordos area. They immigrated from the interior and opened up wasteland for farming, which made Ordos quickly When it became prosperous, it was comparable to that of the Central Plains of Qin, so it was known as "New Qinzhong"

After Genghis Khan's death, the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty prescribed meticulous activities to worship Genghis Khan's "Babaishi", and used Genghis Khan's The items were placed in eight white chambers for worship, and a group of specialized tomb protectors gradually formed a new Mongolian tribe - the Ordos tribe. In the mid-15th century, the Ordos tribe followed Genghis Khan's Babaishi into the Ordos region. In the following hundreds of years, the Mongolians of the Ordos tribe paid homage to Genghis Khan's mausoleum on time and never left this place. Over time, this area became known as Ordos

Ordos is a transliteration of Mongolian, and the Chinese meaning is "many palaces". In the middle of the seventeenth century, the Qing Dynasty strengthened its rule over various Mongolian tribes and implemented " "Mongolian Banner System" divides the Ordos region into six banners, three banners on the left, front, middle and back, and three banners on the right, front, center and back. The six banners serve as an alliance, called Yike Zhao League, "Yike Zhao League" It is Mongolian, and the Chinese meaning is the big temple. Since then, the name of Yikezhao League has been used to this day.