敖包

áobāo

[heaps of stones used by the Mongolians and Tibetans as markings for roads or boundaries] 原是蒙古族人做路标和界标的堆子, 用石、 土、 草等堆积而成。 旧时夏秋两季曾把敖包当做神灵的住地来祭祀, 尤以秋季最为隆重。 也作"鄂博"