An Exploitation of Mountain Forest and Forest Ownership Issues in Central and Western region of Inner Mongolia during the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty: Taking the Daqing Mountain and Muna Mountain

During the Qing dynasty, the wood tax was a non-negligible part of the source of customs duties of the imperial court, therefore, the nationwide mountain and forest exploitation activities carried out by both the official supervision as well as the local and social businessmen and citizens were very active. In the wave of resource exploitation and utilization, the Mongolian Banner Mountain products, which were still under the domain of Mongolia, had also been stolen and sold, becoming a “special area” under the situation of banning. There are countless discussions of different dimensions on the mining process as well as the banning and unbanning time of Daqing Mountain and Muna Mountain forests in the central and western regions of Inner Mongolia. However, it is still necessary to discuss in depth about how the imperial court handled the mining, transportation and sale of the mountain forests in this area under the “blocked” state. In other words, why did the Qing court strictly impose a policy of banning the border areas while allowing the smuggling and selling of mountains and forests to occur, and even the official supervision and commercial office of felling and transporting wood plants in the Muna Mountains. In addition, during the process of mining and selling mountain wood vegetation, the ownership right of its mountain forest has gradually formed in the unique form of “boundary” or “the forbidden”, which has become a unique form of mountain forest ownership in Mongolia. Among them, the process of temples in Mongolia region confirming the rights to the surrounding mountains and forests is clearer than that of the local society or the country, which fully demonstrates its unique nature.