Shitou | |
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Prince of Inner Mongolia Prince of Chaharia | |
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Full name | Batukhan Chuluunyn |
Mongolian | |
Chinese | 巴圖罕楚魯寧 |
Born | December 5, 1976 |
Birthplace | Zhangjiakou, China |
Religious beliefs | Tengrism |
Batukhan Chuluunyn (Mongolian: ; Chinese: 巴圖罕楚魯寧; born December 5, 1976), also known by his courtesy name Bǎolěi (堡壘) and his Imperial regnal Prince Shitou (石頭王子), or and his common name Bao Shitou (堡王子) is a Chinese former military general of Chahar Mongol ethnicity and royal lineage, who served as the Marshal of the Imperial Chinese Army from 2011 to 2021. He is the 3rd Mongol to have served as a Chinese military commander, and the 9th ethnic Mongol to have ascended into the high ranks of the Imperial Chinese military
A descendent of Prince Demchugdongrub, Prince Shitou was born during the Year of the Dragon, and Taoist and Tengrist monks around him had predicated he would one day, rise to a high position of power. He claimed to be a reincarnation of the Buryat Russian general Urzhin Garmaev. As a result, Prince Shitao was enrolled in many martial arts schools since a young child, and risen to the ranks of various martial arts schools. As a result, the Mongol prince entered service with the Imperial Chinese Army as a Lieutenant.
He would later serve as the President of Shuāijiǎo Board Council and help popularized the sport of Shuāijiǎo Menggu in China. He later popularized shuāijiǎo as part of Imperial Chinese military training.
In 2010, after the retirement of General Wu Zheng-Hee, he entered in to the ensuing Military Election, and in 2011, would become the General-Elect of the Imperial Russian Army. He was officially instated in 2012, also the Year of the Dragon, becoming the third Mongol to become a major Chinese military general.