Mani Wang, born in 1920 and died in 1976, was a hereditary administrative leader of the Torghuts in Khar Us. He was the ninth-generation prince. His grandfather, Palta, was a governor of the Altai region and a senior military officer in the Beiyang warlord government in Beijing. Palta's eldest son, Minqing Wang, studied abroad and eventually settled in Taiwan. The second son, Tserendorj, studied in France and returned to teach at Peking University. The Mani Wang Palace covered approximately five mu (about 0.33 hectares) and comprised nearly twenty rooms, including bedrooms, a living room, east and west wing rooms, various storerooms, and a kitchen. The entire palace was made of wood. In 1931, at the age of 11, Mani Wang went to Tibet with his father to study Buddhism for a year and continued his studies for another five years at the Yellow Monastery in Khar Us. In 1943, at the age of 24, Mani succeeded to the princely seat but was soon dismissed when the communist regime came to power.