The origin of the Chinese pastoral dog is China, and it was once known as the national dog. Chinese pastoral dogs are very similar in appearance to early wolves, Chinese wolves, and prairie wolves, with a short mouth and a flat forehead. The Chinese pastoral dog is mainly distributed in the south of the Great Wall, east of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and low-altitude areas centered on the central region.

The Chinese pastoral dog is a background of thousands of years of farming society in China The product is a living fossil of history and culture, known as the Chinese dog.