Mongolia Climatology
In 511 the Rouran Douluofubadoufa Khan sent Hong Xuan to the Tuoba court with a pearl-encrusted statue of the Buddha as a present. The Tuoba Xianbei and Khitans had been mainly Buddhists, despite the fact that they nonetheless retained their original Shamanism. The Tuoba had a “sacrificial castle” to the west of their capital exactly where ceremonies to spirits took place. That...