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敖包原是蒙古族人做路标和界标的堆子用石、土、草等堆积而成。旧时夏秋两季曾把敖包当做神灵的住地来祭祀尤以秋季最为隆重。也作“鄂博”英heaps of stones used by the Mongolians and Tibetans as markings for roads or boundaries;