Ordos Desert
Adie Guangyan was born in 761, during the reign of Emperor Suzong. He had at least one older brother, Adie Guangjin (), and one older sister, who was older than Adie Guangjin. Their father Adie Liangchen () had been a hereditary prefect of Jitian Prefecture () — one of the prefectures that Tang established for the settlement of Huigu-related tribes that submitted to Tang during the reign of Emperor Taizong in the Hequ (河曲, i.e., the Ordos Desert region). — and his Adie tribal army was part of the army of Shuofang Circuit (朔方, headquartered in modern Yinchuan, Ningxia).