The"Integrated"Governance of Ethnically Mixed Areas Along the Great Wall in the Qing Dynasty
In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties,the area north of the Great Wall was mainly for Mongolian nomadic tribes.With the influx of Han people,the Great Wall of the Qing Dynasty gradually formed a mixed Mongolian and Han living area along the route.The Rehe region was a typical area of Mongolian and Han mixed communities along the Great Wall.The Qing court gradually pro-moted the integration of border governance with the mainland in these areas.In the process of integration,the Mongolian and Han eth-nic groups interacted and exchanged ideas,and the Qing court changed its indirect jurisdiction over the Rehe region to direct govern-ance.The Rehe region gradually realized the localization of the border,the transformation of military and political affairs to civil affairs,and the transformation of the dual management system to provincial system,reflecting the evolution process from"border areas"to"po-litical areas",and from"diversity"to"unity".
Qing DynastyMongolian and Han ethnic exchangesRehe region