青海蒙古族来源于瓦刺蒙古，他们的祖先最早分布在叶尼塞河上游，从事狩猎生活，归附成吉思汗后分为四万户。元朝灭亡后，瓦刺分为四部，其中之一的和硕特部逐渐向东南迁徙，到明末便移牧于青海一带。清代，将他们统称厄鲁特（卫特拉）蒙古，共分为二十九族，归青海办事大臣统 Mongolians in Qinghai Province originated from Vashu, Mongolia. Their ancestors were first distributed in the upper reaches of the Yenisei River and engaged in hunting activities. They were divided into 40,000 families after belonging to Genghis Khan. After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, Wa Lap was divided into four parts, one of which was gradually moving to the southeast and moving to the area of ​​Qinghai at the end of the Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, they were collectively referred to as Eritrea (Wei Tela) Mongolia, is divided into twenty-nine tribes, to the Qinghai Minister of Commerce