据史书记载,自古以来大兴安岭就是少数民族蒙古族、满族、达斡尔族、鄂温克族、鄂伦春族、锡伯族生活的摇篮。历史学家翦伯赞来大兴安岭林区考察时断言:“根河流域是成吉思汗的后方基地”。近又发现阿里河西北十公里处的嘎仙洞,乃是《魏书》所记载的拓跋鲜卑人的宗祠。从公元六世纪起,鲜卑族就在这兴安山河世代生息。下面将一些少数民族加以简介。蒙古族。《旧唐书·室韦传》中称蒙古族为蒙儿室韦,《魏书》称失里伯,两宋、辽、金时称蒙古里,住在今额尔古纳河上游地区。约于八世纪开始西迁,游牧于今鄂嫩河、克鲁伦河、土拉河三河 According to historical records, Daxinganling since ancient times is the cradle of the lives of the Mongolian, Manchu, Daur, Ewenki and Oroqen peoples of the ethnic groups. Historian 翦 Bozan to Daxinganling forest area to assert that: “The root basin is the rear base of Genghis Khan.” Recently found that Ali River northwest ten kilometers Ga Xian hole, but “Wei book” records of Tuoba Xianbei ancestral hall. From the 6th century AD, the Xianbei people lived for generations in this mountain. Here are some minorities to be introduced. Mongolian. “Old Tang Shiwei Biography” said Mongolian Mongolian room Wei, “Wei Shu” said the lost Libya, Song, Liao, Kim said Mongolia, living in the upper reaches of the Erguna region. About the beginning of the eighth century moved westward, nomadic in the current Ernn, the Krulun River, the Tula River