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.
呼和浩特是一座历史文化名城，是华夏文明的发祥地之一。早在50万年以前就已出现了人类文明的曙光。无论是远古时期的“大窑文化”遗址，还是战国时期的云中古城遗址，或是明清时期的召庙艺术等，都真实地记录了呼和浩特的悠久历史，显示了这座塞外名城的古老神韵。

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.
早在汉唐时期，呼和浩特就是中原地区开展对外交往的重要通道，是“草原丝绸之路”的枢纽。后来到了明清时期，这里已是商贾云集之地。呼和浩特市是1581年由蒙古王子Altan Khan (阿尔坦可汗)建立的。清朝的康熙皇帝在征服和控制了蒙古人之后，仍然在城区内保留着军队。呼和浩特市于1952年成为内蒙古的首府。