Hohhot is a historical and cultural city. It is one of the origins of the Chinese civilization. As early as 500 000 years ago，it had already presented the dawn of the human civilization. Whether it is from the“Dayao Culture" site of the ancient times，or the "Yun Zhong Ancient City" site of the Warring States Period or the Temple Arts of the Ming and Qing periods，they have all recorded long history in Hohhot and have all revealed the great and romantic charm of the wellknown city beyond the Great Wall.

As far back as Han and Tang Dynasties，Hohhot was an important passway for the Central Plain area to develop contacts with outside world，and it was also a pivot of“grassland Silk Road".Later in the period of Ming and Qing，many merchants and tradesmen gathered here to try their luck. The city was founded only in 1581 by the Mongol Prince Altan Khan. The Qing dynasty Kangxi Emperor maintained troops in the town after establishing control over the Mongols. It became the capital of inner Mongolia in 1952.