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Providing full travelling information about Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China.
Introduction
Capital of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Hohhot is a state-listed historical and cultural city.
The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region covers a total area of 1,183,000 square kilometres and has a population of 21,456,000 composed of forty-nine nationalities, including the Mongolian, Han, Hui, Manchu, Korean, Daur, Ewenki and Oroqen peoples. The Mongolian population is about 3,375,000 in the region.
Inner Mongolia has a monsoon climate typical of an intermediate-temperate zone. It is characterized by the scantiness and concentration of rainfall, and drastic changes of temperature. The temperature varies greatly between day and night. In Inner Mongolia, July is the hottest month in the summer and the mean temperature varies between 16 °C and 27 °C. The coldest month is January in the winter, and the mean temperature is from -10 °C to -32 °C.
Inner Mongolia is richly endowed with natural sources. It has long been praised as a land with "grain in the south, animal husbandry in the north, forest in the east, iron in the west and coal everywhere."
Inner Mongolia is also very rich in tourism resources. It not only has the grasslands, the deserts, the forests and the beautiful snow scenery, but also many interesting historical sites to see. The ruins of the famous Great Wall of Kingdom Zhao of the Warring States records the long history of the region, and the lamaseries, temples, monasteries, and pagodas incorporate the essence of the classical architectural arts. Other points of interest are the ruins of the Dayao Culture, the ruins of the Hongshan Culture, the Yinshan Mount rock carvings pictures, the well-known Genghis Khan's Mausoleum, and Zhaojun Tomb.
The beautiful scenery of the grassland and the long traditional culture and customs of the Mongolian nationality make both the grassland tour and the distinctive local and national features of the Mongolian social customs tour attractive to tourists from both home and abroad.
In the summer time, the grassland is a green world with white clouds floating through the blue sky and a gentle breeze blowing softly. On the grassland you can see the white Mongolian yurts that have been set up for tourists. Here you will have a taste of typical Mongolian food and drinks, such as milk tea, toasted millet, boiled skim milk, cream, and tender finger mutton. When you are offered mare's milk wine, the beautiful Mongolian girls will sing the toast song and present to you "Hada" -- a piece of light blue silk...
If you take a tour to the grassland, you would better bring your camera with you so that you can permanently record the happy memories as you ride a horse, visit a herdsman's family or tour by "lele cart".
The campfire party will be the highlight of your grassland tour. The Mongolian young people in their colorful best dance and sing songs around the campfire to warmly welcome you. Here, with their singing and dancing, the bridge of friendship is built and people coming from all parts of the world become friends. During the night as you sleep in a Mongolian yurt, your rich imagination will create for you the most beautiful dreams.
It is located on the southern bank of the Dahei River in the suburbs of the city. During the reign of Yuan Emperor of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.- 220 A.D.), a Hun prince asked for a princess of the Han imperial family. Wang Zhaojun, the princess, was thus married off onto the grasslands. After she died, she was buried there.
Located on a street of the same name, the temple has five pagodas built in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 13 meters high and built of bricks. The five standing side by side on a base, the central pagoda has seven stories, while the rest on the four corners are all five-stories. There are a thousand Buddhist sculptures in different shapes on the pagodas. An astronomical chart is carved on a wall behind the pagodas.
Located at the northern end of Shitou lane, the palace was built in the Tibetan style in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Its walls are color-glazed and its roofs are decorated with gilded or bronze ornaments, looking shining and magnificent. A stone tablet erected on an order from Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) stands in front of the palace is the biggest of its kind preserved in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Located in the eastern suburbs of the city, it was built in the Liao Dynasty (916-1125). It is a seven-story pagoda in octagonal shape and 43 meters high. The walls of first two storeys are inlaid with carved brick images of Buddhas and other Buddhist figures, lifelike and graceful. Stone tablets from the Kin Dynasty (1115-1234) and inscriptions in languages of different nationalities by visitors of different dynasties are well preserved in the pagoda.
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