蒙古族历史上经营游牧的畜牧业经济.由于生产力发展水平低,农业和手工业不甚发达,因此历来就与城市手工业和农业发达的中原地区保持着密切联系,以满足其物质生活上的需要.到了元代,蒙古地区归辽阳、岭北、甘肃三行省及中书省直接管辖,进一步加强了蒙古游牧经济和中原农业经济的联系.明代,蒙古族的统治集团虽然企图和明朝封建中央分庭抗礼,但他们也需要和明廷建立经济联系,蒙古族广大牧民对与内地保持和平统一的经 Mongolian historically operates a nomadic livestock economy, and because of its low level of productivity and the underdevelopment of agriculture and handicrafts, it has always maintained close contact with urban handicrafts and the developed Central Plains to meet its material and cultural needs. In the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian areas belonged to Liaoyang, Lingbei and Gansu provinces directly under the Central Government and further strengthened the connection between the nomadic economy of Mongolia and the agricultural economy of Central Plains .In the Ming Dynasty, although the Mongolian ruling group attempted to reach the feudal Central Government However, they also need to establish economic ties with the Ming court. The vast majority of Mongolian herdsman’s views on the peace and unity maintained with the Mainland