Listed sites in Inner Mongolia 内蒙古

236 scenic areas and heritage sites from the official lists, by city. 21 have a page of their own; the rest open as cards on the map.

Listed sites: 236
Rated 5A: 5
Rated 4A: 170
National heritage: 81
Region: Inner Mongolia

The A-level rating is the national grading of scenic areas, 5A being the top tier; national heritage sites are the buildings, ruins, tombs and carvings protected by the State Council. Both lists are on the lists page.

5A scenic areas in Inner Mongolia

Arshihaty Granite Forest 阿斯哈图石林 5A scenic area · on the map
A park area of the Hexigten Global Geopark in the north of Hexigten Banner, where granite columns and crags 5 to 30 metres high stand along a mountain ridge at about 1,700 metres above sea level.
Arxan–Chaihe Scenic Area 阿尔山—柴河 5A scenic area · on the map
The scenic area covers about 1,031 square kilometres and spans Arxan in Hinggan League and Chaihe town in Zalantun, Hulunbuir.
Laoniuwan Yellow River Grand Canyon 老牛湾黄河大峡谷 5A scenic area · on the map
Laoniuwan is a gorge where the Yellow River leaves Inner Mongolia for Shanxi and the Ming-dynasty Great Wall comes down to meet the water.
Manzhouli National Gate and Matryoshka Square 满洲里中俄边境旅游区 5A scenic area · on the map
Manzhouli is China's largest land port, and this 5A-rated zone takes in two of its best-known sights.
Xiangshawan 响沙湾 5A scenic area
Xiangshawan is a desert resort at the eastern end of the Kubuqi Desert in Dalad Banner, known for dunes whose sand makes a humming sound when it slides.

By city

Alxa (13) · Baotou (18) · Bayannur (9) · Chifeng (32) · Hinggan (15) · Hohhot (43) · Hulunbuir (22) · Ordos (32) · Tongliao (15) · Ulanqab (16) · Wuhai (6) · Xilingol (15)

Alxa 13 sites

Ancient Juyan Marsh 古居延泽 4A scenic area · on the map
Ancient Juyan Marsh is a scatter of small lakes among dunes and red-grass flats in Ejin Banner, in the old Juyan area.
Ceke Port International Cultural Tourism Area 策克口岸国际文化旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
Ceke is a road and rail land port of entry (kou'an) in the Gobi of Ejin Banner, used mainly for coal imports.
Dingyuanying Old Town 定远营古城 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Dingyuanying, also called Wohu Cheng, is a walled Qing-dynasty garrison town in the old centre of Bayanhot, founded in 1730 and handed to the Alxa Mongol prince as his seat the following year.
Dongfeng Space City 东风航天城 4A scenic area · on the map
Dongfeng Space City is the tourism name for the area around the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Ejin Banner, the launch site for China's crewed Shenzhou spacecraft.
Fuyin Temple (Beisi) 福因寺 4A scenic area · on the map
Fuyin Temple, known as Beisi (North Temple), is a Gelug-school Tibetan Buddhist monastery in a mountain valley of the Helan range, founded in 1804 and named by the Jiaqing Emperor in 1806.
Guangzong Temple (Nansi) 广宗寺 4A scenic area · on the map
Guangzong Temple, known as Nansi (South Temple), is a Gelug-school Tibetan Buddhist monastery in a pine-wooded valley on the western side of the Helan Mountains, built in the 1750s–1760s and named by the Qianlong Emperor in 1760.
Juyan Lake 居延海 4A scenic area · on the map
Juyan Lake is the end of the Heihe, or Ejin, River, which runs more than 800 km through Qinghai, Gansu and Inner Mongolia before filling two hollows in the Gobi to form an east and a west lake, together called Juyan Hai.
Khara-Khoto (Heicheng) 黑城遗址 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Khara-Khoto, or Heicheng ('Black City'), is a ruined walled city in the Gobi beside the Ejin River, founded under the Western Xia and expanded under the Yuan, when it was the seat of Yijinai Circuit; it was abandoned after the Ming army took it in 1372.
Tengger Dalai Moon Lake 腾格里达来月亮湖 4A scenic area · on the map
Tengger Dalai Moon Lake is a lake of about three square kilometres in the heart of the Tengger Desert, with a dark-sand beach about a kilometre long on one shore.
Tengger Desert Swan Lake 腾格里沙漠天鹅湖 4A scenic area · on the map
Swan Lake is a narrow lake on the eastern edge of the Tengger Desert, ringed by dunes with oleaster trees along its shore.
Tonghu Grassland 通湖草原 4A scenic area · on the map
Tonghu is a sandy lake basin in the south of the Tengger Desert, with reeds, grass and scrub around its lakes and dunes on all sides.
Badain Jaran Temple 巴丹吉林庙 National heritage site · on the map
Badain Jaran Temple is a small Gelug-school Tibetan Buddhist temple built in 1755 beside the lake of Sumin Jaran in the heart of the Badain Jaran Desert, originally a branch of Yanfu Temple in Bayanhot.
Mandela Mountain Rock Art 曼德拉山岩画 National heritage site · on the map
Mandela Mountain has more than 6,000 known rock engravings on dark rock faces, of which 4,234 in a core area of about 18 square kilometres have been catalogued.

Baotou 18 sites

Badekar Monastery (Wudangzhao) 五当召 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Badekar Monastery, known in Chinese as Wudangzhao, is a Gelug-school Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the hills of Shiguai District, founded in the early 18th century and enlarged from 1749.
Bailing Naadam Park 百灵那达慕园区 4A scenic area · on the map
Bailing Naadam Park is a purpose-built festival ground on the edge of Bailingmiao, with an oval racecourse, a main grandstand for about 11,000 people, six stables holding 360 horses and a sales area for local goods.
Baogang Industrial Tourism Area 包钢工业旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
The tour area is run by the Baotou Iron and Steel (Baogang) group at its works in Kundulun District, one of the three large steel complexes begun in the 1950s.
Chilechuan Scenic Area, Tumed Right Banner 敕勒川风景区 4A scenic area · on the map
Chilechuan Scenic Area is a group of sights in Tumed Right Banner, covering about 16 square kilometres between the Daqing Mountains and the Yellow River.
Chunkunshan 春坤山 4A scenic area · on the map
Chunkunshan is a mountain area of about 30 square kilometres in Guyang County, the highest range in Baotou, with a main peak of 2,340 metres.
Huawu Renjian Garden Park 花舞人间 4A scenic area · on the map
Huawu Renjian is a commercial leisure park in the hills of the Xiguitu new district of Shiguai District, modelled on a park of the same name near Chengdu.
Jimusitai Scenic Area 吉穆斯泰 4A scenic area · on the map
Jimusitai, which Chinese sources render as Huaguoshan or 'Flower-and-Fruit Mountain', is a group of rocky hills with weathered stone formations in Damao Banner.
Meidaizhao Monastery 美岱召 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Meidaizhao is a walled monastery in Tumed Right Banner that began as a fortified town built by the Tumed Mongol leader Altan Khan in the 16th century and later became a Gelug-school Tibetan Buddhist temple.
Meilegen Scenic Area 梅力更 4A scenic area · on the map
Meilegen is a mountain valley on the south side of the Wula Mountains in Jiuyuan District, with a Gelug-school lamasery at its mouth and a stream, cypress woods and waterfalls further up; one waterfall drops about 60 metres.
Nanhai Wetland 南海湿地 4A scenic area · on the map
Nanhai Wetland lies on the north bank of the Yellow River at the southern edge of Baotou's Donghe District, a lake and floodplain wetland that formed after the river shifted south.
Northern Weapon City 北方兵器城 4A scenic area · on the map
Northern Weapon City is an open-air display of retired weapons set in a landscaped park with lakes in Baotou's Qingshan District, planned and set up by the Beizhong Group (Northern Heavy Industries), part of China North Industries Group.
Saihan Tala Urban Grassland 赛汗塔拉城中草原 4A scenic area · on the map
Saihan Tala is a large area of native grassland in the middle of Baotou, protected by a city regulation since 2007 and covering about 10,680 mu (roughly 7 square kilometres) as of 2020.
Shihua Grassland (Poetry and Painting Grassland) 诗画草原 4A scenic area · on the map
Shihua Grassland is a purpose-built tourist camp on open steppe in Damao Banner, made up of arcs of white ger-style buildings around landscaped plazas.
Silu Mengjun Grassland Tourism Area 丝路梦郡 4A scenic area · on the map
Silu Mengjun is a purpose-built tourist complex on the grassland near Xilamuren town in Damao Banner, laid out as a compound of ger-style buildings around central plazas.
Aolunsumu City Ruins 敖伦苏木城遗址 National heritage site · on the map
Aolunsumu, also written Olon Süme, is a ruined walled city in the steppe of Damao Banner, identified since the 1930s as a possible northern capital of the Ongud, a Turkic-speaking people allied to the Mongol rulers and prominent under the Yuan dynasty.
Kundulun Zhao (Faxi Temple) 昆都仑召 National heritage site · on the map
Kundulun Zhao, given the name Faxi Temple under the Qing, is a Gelug-school Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the foothills on the northern edge of Baotou's Kundulun District.
Machi Ancient City and Zhaowan Tombs 麻池城址和召湾墓群 National heritage site · on the map
Machi is the site of Jiuyuan, a frontier city founded by the state of Zhao in the Warring States period and kept as the seat of Jiuyuan Commandery under the Qin and of Wuyuan Commandery under the Han.
Qin Great Wall, Guyang 固阳秦长城遗址 National heritage site · on the map
This stretch of the Great Wall was built under the First Emperor of Qin more than 2,200 years ago and runs for about 120 km through the hills of Guyang County, north of Baotou, as a defence against the Xiongnu.

Bayannur 9 sites

Hetao Agricultural Culture Expo Park 河套农耕文化博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
The Hetao Agricultural Culture Expo Park is a farming-themed attraction in Wuyuan County, built by a local agricultural company within the Baliqiao farm-tourism complex.
Hetao Liquor Industrial Tourism Area 河套酒业工业旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
The Hetao Liquor Industrial Tourism Area is a factory-visit attraction at the Hetao liquor company's distillery in Shanba, the Hanggin Rear Banner seat.
Nalin Lake 纳林湖 4A scenic area · on the map
Nalin Lake is a reed-fringed lake and wetland on the Nalintaohai farm in Dengkou County, at the western edge of the Hetao plain.
Sanshenggong Water Conservancy Scenic Area 三盛公水利风景区 4A scenic area · on the map
Sanshenggong is a large barrage on the Yellow River, built between 1959 and 1961, that feeds the Hetao irrigation district.
Ulan Buh Sand Sea Lake 乌兰布和沙海湖 4A scenic area · on the map
The Ulan Buh Sand Sea Lake tourist area lies at the eastern end of the Ulan Buh Desert in Hanggin Rear Banner, where dunes meet a lake, with the Yin Mountains to the north and the Yellow River to the south.
Ulansuhai Nur (Wuliangsuhai) 乌梁素海 4A scenic area
Wuliangsuhai, or Ulansuhai Nur, is a shallow freshwater lake on the north bank of the Yellow River in Urad Front Banner, formed from an old river channel and fed mainly by drainage from the Hetao irrigation district.
Wuyuan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Park 五原抗战纪念园 4A scenic area · on the map
The Wuyuan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Park commemorates the Wuyuan campaign of early 1940, in which Chinese forces under Fu Zuoyi retook Wuyuan, Linhe and Shanba from Japanese forces after about two months of fighting.
Xinhure Ancient City 新忽热古城 National heritage site · on the map
Xinhure is the ruin of a large walled town of the Yuan and Ming periods on the grassland of Urad Middle Banner, a roughly square enclosure about a kilometre across.
Yinshan Rock Paintings 阴山岩画 National heritage site
The Yinshan rock paintings are engraved images on cliffs and boulders along the Langshan range, spread over Dengkou County and the Urad banners of Bayannur.

Chifeng 32 sites

Arshihaty Granite Forest 阿斯哈图石林 5A scenic area · on the map
A park area of the Hexigten Global Geopark in the north of Hexigten Banner, where granite columns and crags 5 to 30 metres high stand along a mountain ridge at about 1,700 metres above sea level.
Aohan Hot Spring Resort 敖汉温泉城 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring health resort at Reshuitang village in the hills of south-west Aohan Banner, about 695 m above sea level beside planted pine woods.
Chifeng Museum 赤峰博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
Chifeng's main history museum stands on the bank of the Xibo River in the city's new district; its present building opened in 2010, and it is now part of the Chifeng Museum Institute.
Daguangdingzi Wind Culture Resort 大光顶子 4A scenic area · on the map
A wind-themed leisure resort on high grassland in Hexigten Banner, set among wind turbines.
Dali Lake 达里湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A saline lake without an outlet on the Hexigten Banner steppe, dammed by lava flows, with the Hunshandak sand dunes on its southern side and a group of extinct volcanoes to the north-west.
Daoxugou Scenic Area 道须沟 4A scenic area · on the map
Daoxugou is a forested valley scenic area inside the Heilihe National Nature Reserve in the far west of Ningcheng County, covering about 1,180 hectares.
Ka La Qin Palace 喀喇沁亲王府 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The palace was the seat of the Harqin princes under the Qing dynasty, begun in 1679 and enlarged in 1783 to the standard of a prince's mansion.
Meilingu Ski Resort 美林谷滑雪场 4A scenic area · on the map
A ski resort in the mountains of Harqin Banner with eight runs, three for beginners and five for intermediate and advanced skiers, and a 194-room hotel.
Yulong Sand Lake 玉龙沙湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A lake among dunes at the western edge of the Horqin Sandy Land in Ongniud Banner, with grassland, wetland, rock outcrops and pine stands nearby.
Zhenji Temple Grottoes (Zhaomiao) 真寂之寺石窟（召庙） 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The Zhenji Temple grottoes are three Liao-dynasty caves cut into a cliff face in a valley in the hills south of Lindong, with a Qing-dynasty lamasery, Shanfu Temple, built against them; locally the place is called Zhaomiao.
Zimeng Lake 紫蒙湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A reservoir in the hills of Ningcheng County, known as Dahushi Reservoir until it was renamed Zimeng Lake in 2010, with a water surface of about 600 hectares.
Baoshan and Hansumu Tombs 宝山、罕苏木墓群 National heritage site · on the map
Baoshan is an early Liao cemetery of Khitan nobles on a gentle slope, enclosed by earth walls about 200 m long on the east and west sides, with gates and barbicans on the east and south, and the tombs lie in three rows in the middle and northern part.
Chaganhaote Ruins (White City) 查干浩特城址 National heritage site · on the map
Chaganhaote, or the White City, is the ruined capital that scholars identify with Ligdan Khan, the last Great Khan of the Mongols, and it is among the best-preserved earthen city sites in Inner Mongolia.
Chengzishan Site 城子山遗址 National heritage site · on the map
Chengzishan is a hilltop site of the Lower Xiajiadian culture, about 4,000 years old, whose central area on the summit covers about 150,000 square metres.
Chifeng North Great Mosque 赤峰清真北大寺 National heritage site
Founded in 1739 and rebuilt between 1742 and 1747, this is regarded as the largest and oldest mosque in the Chifeng area, and it was listed nationally in 2013.
Erdaojingzi Site and Museum 二道井子遗址 National heritage site · on the map
Erdaojingzi is a settlement of the Lower Xiajiadian culture, about 4,000 years old, found in 2009 during construction of the Chifeng–Chaoyang expressway and named one of China's top ten archaeological discoveries of that year.
Falun Temple 法轮寺 National heritage site · on the map
Falun Temple is a Tibetan Buddhist temple built in 1745 in a mixed Mongol and Han style, and served as the banner temple of the Harqin Mongol princes.
Fanzong Temple 梵宗寺 National heritage site · on the map
Fanzong Temple is a Gelug Tibetan Buddhist monastery that served as the banner temple of the Ongniud princes; it was moved to its present hillside site in 1743, and the Qianlong emperor gave it its name.
Fuhui Temple 福会寺 National heritage site · on the map
Fuhui Temple was the banner temple of Harqin and the family temple of the princes, built in the Kangxi period of the Qing dynasty.
Han Kuangsi Family Cemetery 韩匡嗣家族墓地 National heritage site · on the map
The cemetery of Han Kuangsi, a Liao-dynasty official, and his family lies on the south slope of Baiyinhan Mountain in Bairin Left Banner.
Heicheng Han City Site 黑城城址 National heritage site · on the map
Heicheng is the site of a walled city of the Han dynasty beside Heicheng village in Youbeiping town, identified in Chinese sources as Pinggang, the Western Han seat of Youbeiping commandery.
Hongshan Sites 红山遗址群 National heritage site · on the map
Hongshan, a reddish hill on the north-east edge of Chifeng that gave the city its name, is the type site of the Hongshan culture (about 4700 to 2900 BC), first recorded there in 1908 by the Japanese archaeologist Torii Ryūzō.
Huifu Temple 荟福寺 National heritage site · on the map
Huifu Temple is a Gelug Tibetan Buddhist temple in the middle of Daban, built in 1706 under Prince Urgun of the Bairin Right Banner and Princess Rongxian, a daughter of the Kangxi emperor.
Liao Imperial Tombs and Qingzhou White Pagoda 辽陵及奉陵邑 National heritage site · on the map
This national heritage listing covers the burial grounds of the Liao emperors and the towns that served them, spread across Bairin Left and Bairin Right Banners.
Liao Middle Capital (Zhongjing) Site 辽中京遗址 National heritage site · on the map
Zhongjing was the Middle Capital of the Liao dynasty, walled in 1007 and laid out in three nested enclosures on the model of the Northern Song capital Kaifeng.
Liao Shangjing Site 辽上京遗址 National heritage site
Shangjing, founded in 918, was the first capital of the Khitan-built Liao dynasty, and its ruins beside the Shali River form a national archaeological site park.
Lingyue Temple 灵悦寺 National heritage site · on the map
Lingyue Temple stands in the middle of Jinshan town and was built in the Kangxi reign as the family temple of the emperor's fifth daughter, Princess Heshuo Duanjing, and her husband.
Longquan Temple, Jinshan 锦山龙泉寺 National heritage site · on the map
Longquan Temple is a small hillside temple about 3 km north-west of Jinshan, built in three terraces below Lion Rock beside a spring that gives it its name, Dragon Spring.
Mushixia Wartime Fortifications Site 侵华日军木石匣工事旧址 National heritage site · on the map
Fortifications built by the Japanese army in 1941–43 survive beside the Mushixia river at Silibeng village in Tongxing town, at the eastern foot of the Huanggangliang range.
Wu'anzhou Site and White Pagoda 武安州遗址 National heritage site · on the map
A Liao-dynasty brick pagoda stands on a rise at the west edge of Baitazi village and is the standing monument of the Wu'anzhou site, a town of the Liao, Jin and Yuan periods that was listed nationally in 2013.
Yingchang 应昌路故城 National heritage site · on the map
Yingchang was a walled city built from 1270 for the Khongirad Mongols, who supplied empresses to the Yuan court, and its lords held the title Prince of Lu.
Zhang Yingrui Family Cemetery 张应瑞家族墓地 National heritage site · on the map
Zhang Yingrui was a Yuan-dynasty official who served the Khongirad princes, and his family cemetery lies at Guogongfu village in Wutonghua town.

Hinggan 15 sites

Arxan–Chaihe Scenic Area 阿尔山—柴河 5A scenic area · on the map
The scenic area covers about 1,031 square kilometres and spans Arxan in Hinggan League and Chaihe town in Zalantun, Hulunbuir.
Aolunbukan Forest Culture Tourism Area 奥伦布坎 4A scenic area · on the map
Aolunbukan is a forest tourism area of about 292 square kilometres in the Greater Khingan hills near Bailang town, Arxan, with primeval forest, volcanic lava terrain, wetland and streams.
Arxan Port Scenic Area 阿尔山口岸 4A scenic area · on the map
The scenic area is built around Arxan Port, a road port of entry in the forested Greater Khingan hills west of Arxan.
Chaersen Reservoir 察尔森水库 4A scenic area · on the map
Chaersen Reservoir is a large reservoir on the Tao'er River, a tributary of the Nen, 1.7 km north of Chaersen town in Horqin Right Front Banner.
Genghis Khan Temple, Ulanhot 成吉思汗庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The Genghis Khan Temple stands on Hanshan hill in the north of Ulanhot and was built in the early 1940s, finishing in 1944, with donations from Mongol communities.
Haishen Shengquan Hot Spring Resort 海神圣泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in the centre of Arxan, built over the town's mineral springs, with spa pools, a rehabilitation hospital and the China Hot Spring Museum, which opened in 2004.
Hangali Lake Resort 翰嘎利湖 4A scenic area · on the map
Hangali Lake is a lake just north of Bayan Huxu in Horqin Right Middle Banner, with a leisure resort on its eastern shore.
Inner Mongolia National Liberation Memorial Hall 内蒙古民族解放纪念馆 4A scenic area · on the map
The memorial hall in Ulanhot, the city where the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Government was founded in 1947, was built to mark the autonomous region's 60th anniversary and opened in August 2007.
Tianjiao Tianjun Eco-tourism Resort 天骄天骏 4A scenic area · on the map
Tianjiao Tianjun is an eco-tourism resort on the hill of Tianjun at the northern edge of Ulanhot, close to an expressway interchange.
Ulan Maodu Grassland 乌兰毛都草原 4A scenic area · on the map
Ulan Maodu is a rolling hill grassland in the north-west of Horqin Right Front Banner, crossed by the winding Jiuqu River.
Wujiaofeng Maple Forest 五角枫 4A scenic area · on the map
The scenic area is a large stand of painted maples (wujiaofeng) scattered through open woodland on the Daichintala grassland in Horqin Right Middle Banner.
Zhongying Film Production Base 中影制作基地 4A scenic area · on the map
Zhongying Film Production Base is a film-set complex of streets and buildings next to the Tushiyetu prince's palace in Horqin Right Middle Banner, open to visitors as a tourist site.
Former Office of the CPC Inner Mongolia Working Committee 中国共产党内蒙古工作委员会办公旧址 National heritage site · on the map
The offices used by the CPC Inner Mongolia Working Committee in 1947 stand in the centre of Ulanhot and are now an exhibition site.
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Government Founding Conference Site 内蒙古自治政府成立大会会址 National heritage site · on the map
This two-storey blue-brick hall with a swallow-tail roof was built in 1935 as the auditorium of the Manchukuo army's Xing'an military academy.
Japanese Military Fortification Remains at Arxan 侵华日军阿尔山要塞遗址 National heritage site · on the map
The site is a group of Japanese military works of 1935–44 around Arxan, listed together as a national monument, including the town's railway station and the bunkers at the ends of the North and South Xing'an tunnels.

Hohhot 43 sites

Laoniuwan Yellow River Grand Canyon 老牛湾黄河大峡谷 5A scenic area · on the map
Laoniuwan is a gorge where the Yellow River leaves Inner Mongolia for Shanxi and the Ming-dynasty Great Wall comes down to meet the water.
Aowei Horse Culture Eco-tourism Area 奥威马文化生态旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
Aowei is a horse-culture park of about 1,542 mu (roughly 100 hectares), set up in 2014 at Qiganqi village in Shengle town, with a racecourse for up to 20,000 spectators, stables and a riding ground.
Daheihe Military Culture Park 大黑河军事文化乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
Daheihe Military Culture Park is a themed leisure park on the Daheihe river in Saihan District, on the south-eastern side of Hohhot.
Daqingshan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Base Site, Wuchuan 大青山抗日游击根据地旧址旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
The Daqing Mountains around Deshenggou village in Wuchuan County were the core of the Daqingshan anti-Japanese guerrilla base, set up in 1938 by an Eighth Route Army force that marched north from Shanxi.
Daqingshan Taiwei Sports and Leisure Resort 大青山太伟运动休闲度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
Daqingshan Taiwei Sports and Leisure Resort is a resort in the foothills of the Daqing Mountains in Baoheshao town, on the north-eastern edge of Hohhot.
Daqingshan Wildlife Park 大青山野生动物园 4A scenic area · on the map
Daqingshan Wildlife Park is a zoo of about 12,300 mu (roughly 8 square kilometres) on the northern edge of Hohhot, set against the Daqing Mountains and open since 2006.
Dashengkui Museum Cluster 大盛魁博物馆集群 4A scenic area · on the map
The Dashengkui Museum Cluster is a group of small museums in courtyard buildings in the style of Qing-dynasty houses, in the old town of Hohhot.
Dazhao Temple 大召 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Dazhao is the oldest Gelug (Yellow Hat) temple in Hohhot, begun in 1579 by the Tümed Mongol leader Altan Khan in his newly founded city of Guihua.
Former Residence of Ulanhu 乌兰夫故居 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Ulanhu's former residence is a courtyard of about 20 rooms in Tabusai village, where Ulanhu, the founding chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was born and spent his youth.
Grassland Gate Cultural Tourism Area, Wuchuan 草原之门 4A scenic area · on the map
A cultural-tourism complex built from 2020 in the town of Wuchuan by Yangufang, an oat-food company.
Hasuhai Lake 哈素海 4A scenic area · on the map
Hasuhai is a shallow natural lake in Tumed Left Banner, with a water surface of roughly 30 sq km and a depth of about 2 m, ringed by reed beds that attract wild ducks, geese and other waterbirds.
Hohhot Sculpture Art Museum 呼和浩特雕塑艺术馆 4A scenic area · on the map
Opened on 14 October 2023, the Hohhot Sculpture Art Museum is a grass-roofed building of 25,000 sq m on a 7.35-hectare site in eastern Hohhot, with a main sculpture hall, thematic galleries, artists' studios, a cafe and a gift shop.
Huanghe Maiyegu Eco-leisure Area 黄河麦野谷 4A scenic area · on the map
Huanghe Maiyegu is an eco-leisure area at Dongyingzi village in the Hekou tourist resort area of Tuoketuo County, on the Yellow River plain.
Inner Mongolia Museum 内蒙古博物院 4A scenic area
The Inner Mongolia Museum is the region's main museum, and it opened a new building of about 147,000 square metres in Hohhot on a trial basis on 20 June 2025.
Inner Mongolia Museum of Natural History 内蒙古自然博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
The Inner Mongolia Museum of Natural History is the autonomous region's first large general natural-history museum, in a modern building that opened to the public in 2018.
Inner Mongolia Racecourse 内蒙古赛马场 4A scenic area · on the map
The Inner Mongolia Racecourse, first built in 1956, is a 32-hectare equestrian ground in northern Hohhot with a grandstand 275 m long, an obstacle-riding arena, a stunt-show ground and a standard speed-racing track.
Laoniupo Red Culture Area, Qingshuihe 老牛坡红色文化旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
Laoniupo is a red-tourism area at the foot of the Ming Great Wall in Beibao township, in the far south of Qingshuihe County where it meets Pianguan County and Pinglu District in Shanxi.
Little Grass Seed Park 小草种子乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
Little Grass Seed Park is a visitor and study attraction inside the Mengcao Seed Industry Centre, run by the grassland-restoration company Mengcao in Shenggaiying village, north-east of central Hohhot.
Mazongshan Ski Resort 马鬃山度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
Mazongshan Ski Resort is a ski area in the hills east of Hohhot, one of the three ski areas listed by the city's culture and tourism bureau.
Mengcao Grass Expo Park 蒙草·草博园 4A scenic area · on the map
Mengcao Grass Expo Park is a plant-themed park run by the grassland-ecology company Mengcao in the Horinger New Area, showing native grassland plants.
Mengliang Ethnic Folk Park 蒙亮民族风情园 4A scenic area · on the map
A commercial ethnic-crafts centre on the western side of Hohhot.
Mengniu Industrial Tourism Area 蒙牛工业旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
Mengniu Industrial Tourism Area is a dairy-industry visit at the Mengniu company's base in Horinger's dairy development zone, open to visitors since 2007 and named a national industrial tourism demonstration base in November 2022.
Moni Mountain Intangible Heritage Town 莫尼山非遗小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
Moni Mountain is a village-scale heritage tourism town on a hillside in the Daqing Mountains foothills north-west of Hohhot, where more than 80 intangible heritage items are shown and taught through master workshops, an art centre, a museum and practice bases.
Nanshan Scenic Area, Horinger 南山旅游景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A landscaped hill park of about 5 sq km on the southern edge of Horinger, laid out from 2000 with themes drawn from the culture of Shengle, an early capital of the Northern Wei dynasty.
Saiwai Taoyuan Eco-tourism Area 塞外桃园 4A scenic area · on the map
Saiwai Taoyuan is a farm-based leisure area in Xindianzi town, in the south-east of Horinger County, which the county government describes as a green organic-farming tourism area.
Shenquan Eco-Tourism Area, Togtoh 神泉生态旅游景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure park of about 4 sq km astride the Yellow River at Haojiayao village, with a classical Chinese-style garden, lakes and birds on the east bank and a sand-dune amusement area on the Kubuqi Desert edge on the west bank.
South Lake Wetland Park, Hohhot 南湖湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
Nanhu (South Lake) Wetland Park is a landscape park in the south of Hohhot, laid out by the city government from 2005 and opened to the public in 2007, with wetland, fishing and grassland areas.
Suiyuan General's Yamen Museum 将军衙署 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The Suiyuan General's Yamen was the office of the Qing general who commanded the Manchu banner garrison of Suiyuan, the walled 'new city' built beside Guihua (old Hohhot) between 1735 and 1739.
Tuchengzi Archaeological Park (Shengle Ancient City) 土城子考古遗址公园 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Tuchengzi is regarded as the largest ancient city site on the north bank of the Yellow River's great bend, a walled city used from the Spring and Autumn period to the Yuan dynasty and identified with Shengle, the first capital of the Northern Wei.
Ulanhu Memorial Hall 乌兰夫纪念馆 4A scenic area · on the map
The Ulanhu Memorial Hall stands in Ulanhu Park in Hohhot and opened in December 1992 as a museum on the life of Ulanhu, the first chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Wusutu Apricot Valley 乌素图杏花谷 4A scenic area · on the map
Wusutu Apricot Valley is a village-edge garden park at East Wusutu, at the foot of the Daqing Mountains on the north-western edge of Hohhot.
Yili Grassland Dairy Culture Tourist Area 伊利草原乳文化旅游景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A visitor complex run by the Yili dairy group in Hohhot's dairy industrial park, built around the Yili Grassland Dairy Culture Museum, which covers the history of dairy-making among northern pastoral peoples and early dairy equipment.
Zhaojun Tomb 昭君墓 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A 33 m rammed-earth mound on the south bank of the Dahei River is the traditional tomb of Wang Zhaojun, the Han-dynasty woman who married a Xiongnu ruler; her actual burial place is not recorded.
Dayao Site 大窑遗址 National heritage site · on the map
Dayao is a Palaeolithic stone-tool workshop on the south hill above Dayao village, found in 1973, where people quarried flint and made tools from roughly 500,000 to 10,000 years ago; it gave its name to the Dayao culture.
Five Pagoda Temple, Hohhot 五塔寺 National heritage site
The Five Pagoda Temple, formally the Diamond Throne Relic Pagoda, is a Qing-dynasty brick pagoda about 16 m tall, begun in the Yongzheng reign (from 1727), with five small pagodas on a square base.
Great Mosque of Hohhot 呼和浩特清真大寺 National heritage site
The Great Mosque of Hohhot, founded in 1693 by Hui Muslims, is regarded as the oldest and largest mosque in Inner Mongolia and is an active place of worship.
Haohanshan Ming Great Wall National Cultural Park 好汉山明长城国家文化公园 National heritage site · on the map
This is a section of the Ming-dynasty Great Wall at Haohan Mountain in Beibao township, in the far south of Qingshuihe County, where a Great Wall national cultural park began trial operation in October 2024.
Lamadong Zhao (Guanghua Temple) 喇嘛洞召 National heritage site · on the map
Lamadong Zhao, named Guanghua Temple by the Qing court in 1784, is a Gelug-school Buddhist temple built against the south slope of the Daqing Mountains, below the cave where its founding lama meditated.
Residence of Gurun Princess Kejing 和硕恪靖公主府 National heritage site
The Residence of Gurun Princess Kejing was built for the Kangxi Emperor's sixth daughter, who married a Khalkha Mongol prince and lived in Guihua, as old Hohhot was called.
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hohhot 呼和浩特天主教堂 National heritage site
Sacred Heart Cathedral, built in 1922–24, is the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese of Suiyuan and an active church.
Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda (White Pagoda) 万部华严经塔 National heritage site
The Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda, known locally as the White Pagoda after its original whitewash, is a seven-storey octagonal brick tower from the Liao dynasty that stood in the walled city of Fengzhou, which was destroyed in the late Yuan period.
Wusutu Zhao Monastery 乌素图召 National heritage site
Wusutu Zhao is a group of Tibetan Buddhist (Gelug) temples on the lower slope of the Daqing Mountains at the north-western edge of Hohhot, the largest temple complex outside the old city.
Xilitu Zhao 席力图召 National heritage site
Xilitu Zhao, also called Yanshou Temple (a name given by the Kangxi Emperor), is a Gelug Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Hohhot's old town, founded in the late 16th century.

Hulunbuir 22 sites

Manzhouli National Gate and Matryoshka Square 满洲里中俄边境旅游区 5A scenic area · on the map
Manzhouli is China's largest land port, and this 5A-rated zone takes in two of its best-known sights.
Aoluguya Reindeer Tribe 敖鲁古雅使鹿部落 4A scenic area · on the map
This scenic area beside Genhe presents the culture of the Aoluguya Ewenki, the only group in China that herds reindeer, who moved out of the forest into a settled township in 2003.
Barag Mongol Tribe Tourist Area 巴尔虎蒙古部落 4A scenic area · on the map
A folk-custom park and ger camp on the Hulunbuir grassland, named after the Barag Mongols, whom the Qing court settled in Hulunbuir in the 1730s.
Busuli Military Culture Area 布苏里北疆军事文化旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
A former military logistics reserve base in the Greater Khingan forest of the Oroqen Autonomous Banner, now presented as a military-themed visitor area.
China Daur Ethnic Park 中国达斡尔民族园 4A scenic area · on the map
A newly built park beside Nirji, the seat of Morin Dawa Daur Autonomous Banner, themed on the history, culture and customs of the Daur people, one of China's recognised ethnic minorities.
Ergun National Wetland Park 额尔古纳国家湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A river-wetland park in the Shangkuli area north-east of Ergun city, opened to visitors in 2018 and covering about 120 sq km, of which roughly 10 sq km is open to the public.
Ergun Wetland Scenic Area 额尔古纳湿地景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A hilltop viewing area on the edge of Ergun city, overlooking the winding channels of the wetland along the Genhe River and the town's blue and pink roofs.
Ergun White Birch Forest 额尔古纳白桦林 4A scenic area · on the map
A single-species stand of native white birch north of Ergun city, laid out with an elevated timber walkway and four themed zones for sightseeing and photography.
Gaxian Cave and Tuoba Xianbei Park 嘎仙洞 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Gaxian Cave is a granite cave in the forests of the northern Greater Khingan range whose west wall carries a 201-character inscription cut in 443 on the orders of the Northern Wei emperor Tuoba Tao, recording a prayer at the Tuoba Xianbei ancestral home; archaeologists identified it in 1980.
Genheyuan National Wetland Park 根河源国家湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A national wetland park around the upper Genhe River in the Greater Khingan forest, where forest, marsh, river and lake habitats are interlaced across about 590 sq km, of which roughly 200 sq km is wetland.
Hohnuur Scenic Area 呼和诺尔景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A ger-camp resort on the shore of Hohnuur, a lake in the Chen Barag grassland, with about 4 sq km of steppe and 12 sq km of water inside the scenic area.
Honghuaerji Mongolian Pine National Forest Park 红花尔基樟子松国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park of about 67 sq km on the southern edge of the Hulunbuir sands, protecting a large continuous belt of Mongolian pine, an evergreen conifer suited to sandy soil.
Hulun Lake 呼伦湖 4A scenic area
Hulun Lake, also called Dalai Lake, is the largest lake in Inner Mongolia and one of the largest freshwater lakes in China, covering about 2,300 sq km at the western end of the Hulunbuir grassland.
Jinlongshan Ski Resort, Zalantun 扎兰屯金龙山 4A scenic area · on the map
A ski and leisure resort in the hills north-west of Zalantun, with 18 pistes graded from beginner to advanced, a U-shaped snowboard halfpipe and an aerials course used by national ski teams for training.
Moerdaoga National Forest Park 莫尔道嘎国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
Moerdaoga was the first national forest park in the Inner Mongolia part of the Greater Khingan range, covering cold-temperate forest of larch and birch that turns orange and yellow in autumn.
World Anti-Fascist War Memorial Park, Hailar 世界反法西斯战争海拉尔纪念园 4A scenic area · on the map
The park occupies Beishan hill on the northern edge of Hailar, where the Japanese Kwantung Army built a large underground fortress between 1934 and 1937.
Wulan Mountain, Ergun 额尔古纳乌兰山 4A scenic area · on the map
A hill scenic area of 4.7 sq km on open grassland in Heishantou town, with viewing platforms on the hill.
Zhalainur Mammoth Park 扎赉诺尔猛犸公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A landscaped park in the new town of Zhalainur District, centred on a large group of mammoth sculptures set among lakes and paths.
Bayanwula City Ruins 巴彦乌拉城址 National heritage site · on the map
The ramparts of a large square walled town of the Yuan period stand in open steppe in the south of the Ewenki Autonomous Banner.
Chinese Eastern Railway Buildings, Zalantun 扎兰屯中东铁路建筑群 National heritage site · on the map
Zalantun grew around a station of the Russian-built Chinese Eastern Railway, and the town keeps a large group of buildings from that period, protected as part of the national-level Chinese Eastern Railway complex.
Haotetaohai City Ruins 浩特陶海城址 National heritage site · on the map
The earthen ramparts of a rectangular walled town of the Liao period stand on open grassland at the edge of a village in Chen Barag Banner.
Heishantou City Ruins 黑山头城址 National heritage site · on the map
The earthen ramparts of a walled town of the Jin and Yuan periods survive on a terrace in the grassland near Heishantou, a large enclosure with a smaller walled compound at its centre.

Ordos 32 sites

Xiangshawan 响沙湾 5A scenic area
Xiangshawan is a desert resort at the eastern end of the Kubuqi Desert in Dalad Banner, known for dunes whose sand makes a humming sound when it slides.
Bulonghu Hot Spring Resort 布龙湖温泉度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
Bulonghu is a hot-spring and lake resort on the grassland of Otog Banner, beside the Bulong reservoir where the Dusitu River makes a wide bend.
Chengchuan Red Culture Tourism Area 城川红色文化旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
Chengchuan in Otog Front Banner was part of a Communist-led base area in the 1940s, and the tourist area gathers its memorial sites: the Yan'an Nationalities Institute Chengchuan Memorial, a memorial to Yang Zao and Han Chun, whom the Ordos government calls international communist fighters, and the Wang Zhen Well memorial park.
Dashatou Desert Tourism Area 大沙头 4A scenic area · on the map
Dashatou is a desert sports and leisure resort in the Mu Us sandy land in Otog Front Banner.
Donglian Animation City 东联动漫城 4A scenic area · on the map
Donglian Animation City is a themed leisure and education complex in Hantai town, Dongsheng District, built around animated stories on moral education.
Engebei Ecological Tourism Area 恩格贝 4A scenic area · on the map
Engebei is an ecological demonstration area of about 300,000 mu (about 200 sq km) at the eastern end of the Kubuqi Desert, reclaimed from drifting sand through years of planting and development.
Ganlinwusu Lake Area 甘霖乌素 4A scenic area · on the map
Ganlinwusu is a lake-and-wetland tourist area in the Mu Us sandy land in southern Uxin Banner, where autumn brings large flocks of migrating birds to its lakes.
Jiuchenggong Resort 九城宫 4A scenic area · on the map
Jiuchenggong is a large resort of about 6 sq km in Hantai town, Dongsheng District, themed around Manhan culture, the blend of Mongolian and Han folk traditions of the Ordos area.
Jungar Yellow River Grand Canyon 准格尔黄河大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
In the south-east of Jungar Banner the Yellow River runs through a deep canyon along the Shanxi border, with villages, forts and river views strung along its bank.
Kangbashi Tourist Area 康巴什旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
Kangbashi is the new urban district where the Ordos city government sits, and its core is rated as a tourist area made up of squares, themed parks and a city lake.
Kangzhen Grassland Silk Road Cultural Town 康镇草原丝路文化景区 4A scenic area · on the map
Kangzhen is a cultural-tourism town of about 3,500 mu in Kangbashi, built in the manner of buildings from regions along the grassland Silk Road.
Malanhua Grassland 马兰花草原 4A scenic area · on the map
Malanhua is a grassland resort in Otog Front Banner with a large performance stage, a racecourse, a Mongolian tribe-style village, a hotel named for the 38th parallel and a ceremonial oboo square.
Ordos Cashmere Industrial Tourism Area 鄂尔多斯羊绒工业旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
This industrial-tourism area in Dongsheng District is the Ordos cashmere brand's production base, about 2,800 mu in size, with east and west plants, an office zone, living quarters and a research centre that houses the national cashmere products engineering research centre.
Ordos Cultural Industry Park 鄂尔多斯文化产业园 4A scenic area · on the map
The Ordos Cultural Industry Park is a development of 11.9 sq km near Altan Xire, the Ejin Horo Banner seat, built around film and television production, cultural exhibition and cultural tourism.
Ordos Grassland Tourism Area 鄂尔多斯草原旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
This ger resort on the dry steppe of Hanggin Banner is arranged around two Mongolian golden tents and a camp of about 400 gers.
Ordos Racing Town 鄂尔多斯赛车小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
The town is built around the Ordos International Circuit, a track certified by the FIA at grade 2 that opened in 2010 and has hosted 79 national and regional events, including CTCC circuit-racing and CDGP drifting championship rounds and the long-running 'Warm City' (Nuancheng) race weekends.
Ordos Wildlife Park 鄂尔多斯野生动物园 4A scenic area · on the map
Ordos Wildlife Park covers about 12 km² of hills in Dongsheng district and opened in July 2012.
Qixinghu (Seven Star Lakes), Kubuqi Desert 库布其七星湖 4A scenic area · on the map
Qixinghu, 'Seven Star Lakes', is a lake-and-dune resort area in the heart of the Kubuqi Desert in Hanggin Banner, developed by the Elion Resources Group; its seven lakes are laid out like the Big Dipper.
Salawusu Site 萨拉乌苏遗址 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Salawusu is a Palaeolithic site along a 39 km canyon of the Salawusu River in the Mu Us Sandy Land, where Émile Licent found fossils in 1922 and excavated with Pierre Teilhard de Chardin in 1923; a human tooth from the finds became the emblem of 'Hetao Man'.
Shuijinghu Lake Resort 水镜湖 4A scenic area · on the map
Shuijinghu is a lakeside leisure-farming resort in the north of Jungar Banner.
Subohan Grassland Resort 苏泊罕草原 4A scenic area · on the map
Subohan is a grassland leisure resort in Subuerga town, Ejin Horo Banner, built around Mongolian herding life: guests stay in gers, ride horses, eat Mongolian meals and watch staged shows.
Uxin Zouma Culture Resort 乌审走马 4A scenic area · on the map
This resort in Suldesumu, Uxin Banner, was begun in 2006 on saline-alkali land that has since been restored as a wetland grassland within the Mu Us sandy land.
Wanjiahui Happy World 万家惠欢乐世界 4A scenic area · on the map
Wanjiahui Happy World is a large indoor leisure complex in Dongsheng District, with about 330,000 sq m of floor space.
Wantong Ecological Tourism Area 蒙根花万通生态旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
A farm-based tourism area in Bainijing town, Dalad Banner, developed from the Wantong modern agriculture and livestock park.
Yihe Ecological and Cultural Expo Park 颐和生态文化博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
Yihe is a walled park in Ejin Horo Banner on the western edge of Kangbashi, begun in 2011 and built in Mongolian, Tibetan and Han styles, with 999 prayer wheels set in its circular outer wall.
Yinkentala Desert Oasis 银肯塔拉沙漠绿洲 4A scenic area · on the map
Yinkentala is a desert-and-grassland tourist park in Dalad Banner, on the south side of the Yellow River.
Yousongwang, the Pine King of Jungar 油松王 4A scenic area · on the map
Yousongwang, the 'Pine King', is a Chinese pine standing in Narisong town in the south of Jungar Banner.
Zhunge'er Zhao (Baotang Temple) 准格尔召 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Zhunge'er Zhao, formally Baotang Temple, is a Gelug-school Tibetan Buddhist monastery founded in 1623 and enlarged in the Kangxi and Qianlong reigns.
Alzhai Grottoes 阿尔寨石窟 National heritage site · on the map
The Alzhai Grottoes are a Buddhist cave temple on a hill in the steppe of Otog Banner, known in Chinese as Baiyanyao, 'Hundred-Eye Caves', and nicknamed the 'Dunhuang of the grassland'.
Chengchuan City Ruins 城川城址 National heritage site · on the map
Chengchuan City Ruins are the remains of a walled city north-east of Chengchuan town, which the Otog Front Banner government identifies as Jianing in Youzhou, a prefecture set up in 738 to settle Turkic and Sogdian groups from the Six Hu Prefectures.
Shartemtu Temple 沙日特莫图庙 National heritage site · on the map
Shartemtu is a Gelug-school Tibetan Buddhist monastery on the steppe of Hanggin Banner, also called Putiji'du Temple, first built in the early Ming and enlarged in 1862.
Zhaizigedan Site 寨子圪旦遗址 National heritage site · on the map
A Neolithic stone-walled settlement on a hilltop above the Yellow River in Jungar Banner, dating to about 5,000 years ago, between the Yangshao and Longshan cultures.

Tongliao 15 sites

Baogutu Desert 宝古图沙漠 4A scenic area · on the map
Baogutu Desert is a stretch of dunes in Baiyintala sumu, Naiman Banner, run as a scenic area with camel rides, off-road vehicle runs over the dunes and sand sliding.
Caogan Desert 草甘沙漠 4A scenic area · on the map
Caogan Desert is a village-run scenic area of dunes, grass and small lakes in Sandu sumu, Horqin Left Rear Banner, set up in 2014 and covering about 9 square kilometres.
Daqinggou Nature Reserve 大青沟 4A scenic area · on the map
Daqinggou is a national nature reserve in the middle of the Horqin sandy land, where two spring-fed valleys, Daqinggou and Xiaoqinggou, hold broadleaf forest and streams among the dunes.
Hamin Archaeological Site Park 哈民考古遗址公园 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Hamin Archaeological Site Park protects a Neolithic village of semi-subterranean houses, dated to about 5,500 to 5,000 years ago, found in the Horqin sandy ground in 2010 after looters disturbed it.
Mengjiaduan Wetland 孟家段湿地 4A scenic area · on the map
Mengjiaduan is a large irrigation reservoir on the right bank of the West Liao River in northern Naiman Banner, built in 1958, whose upper and lower basins together hold about 108 million cubic metres.
Mongol King Industrial Tourism Area 蒙古王工业旅游景区 4A scenic area · on the map
Mongol King Industrial Tourism Area is an industrial-tourism site named after the Mongol King baijiu brand, in the south of Tongliao.
Naiman Mongolian Prince's Mansion 奈曼王府 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Naiman Prince's Mansion is a large Qing-period complex of grey-brick halls and courtyards in Daqintala, begun in 1863 as the residence of the Naiman Banner's Mongol prince.
Three Great Temples of Kulun 库伦三大寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The Three Great Temples of Kulun are three Gelug-school Tibetan Buddhist temples side by side in Kulun town: Xingyuan Temple, begun in 1649, Xiangjiao Temple, built in 1670, and Fuyuan Temple, built in 1742.
Xiaozhuang Garden (Darhan Prince's Mansion) 孝庄园 4A scenic area · on the map
Xiaozhuang Garden is a reconstruction of the Darhan Prince's mansion, the family home of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, who grew up in Horqin and married into the Qing court.
Yinshawan Scenic Area 银沙湾 4A scenic area · on the map
Yinshawan is a dune scenic area in Hure Banner, Tongliao, used for desert driving and off-road sport.
Zhurihe Grassland 珠日河草原 4A scenic area · on the map
Zhurihe is a grassland scenic area on the Zhurihe ranch in the north-west of Horqin Left Middle Banner, built around a racecourse with a reviewing stand.
Kailu Pagoda (White Pagoda) 开鲁县佛塔 National heritage site · on the map
Kailu Pagoda, known locally as the White Pagoda, is a brick stupa of the Yuan dynasty standing in Baita Park in Kailu town.
Nanbaoligaotu Site 南宝力皋吐遗址 National heritage site · on the map
Nanbaoligaotu is a late Neolithic settlement and cemetery in Jarud Banner, dated to about 4,500 to 5,000 years ago.
Palace of Sengge Rinchen 僧格林沁王府 National heritage site · on the map
The Palace of Sengge Rinchen was built from 1740 as the palace of the ruling prince of the Horqin banner, and is best known as the seat of Sengge Rinchen (1811–1865), a Mongol prince and general who served the Qing court in the Second Opium War and against the Taiping and Nian rebellions.
Shouyin Temple 寿因寺 National heritage site · on the map
Shouyin Temple, also called Maidar Gegen Temple, is a Gelug-school Tibetan Buddhist temple in the south-west of Hure Banner.

Ulanqab 16 sites

Chaer Lake (Friendship Reservoir) 察尔湖 4A scenic area · on the map
Chaer Lake is the Friendship Reservoir on the Dongyang River, begun in 1958 and finished in 1973, in Xinghe County on the border with Hebei.
Daihai International Ski Resort 岱海国际滑雪场 4A scenic area · on the map
A ski resort on the north-facing slope of Wofo Mountain above Lake Dai, with 12 runs for beginner, intermediate and advanced skiers, a top station at 2,100 m, a vertical drop of 397 m, snowmaking, lifts and a snow-play area, and a resort with a hotel and hot-spring bathing.
Gegentala Grassland 格根塔拉草原 4A scenic area · on the map
Gegentala is a grassland tourist centre on the northern foothills of the Daqing Mountains in Siziwang Banner, the main landing site for China's Shenzhou spacecraft.
Hongshiya Ecological Park 红石崖 4A scenic area · on the map
Hongshiya is a privately developed grassland resort in Hongzhao township, Zhuozi County, on the northern side of the Daqing Mountains.
Hongzhao Jiulongwan 红召九龙湾 4A scenic area · on the map
Jiulongwan is a forested mountain valley in Hongzhao township, Zhuozi County, inside the Daqingshan nature reserve and covering about 100 square kilometres of birch woods, cliffs, streams and meadow.
Huitengxile Huanghuagou Grassland 辉腾锡勒黄花沟草原 4A scenic area · on the map
Huanghuagou is the main visitor area of the Huitengxile alpine meadow in Chahar Right Middle Banner, at an average height of about 2,100 m.
Jining Campaign Memorial Park 集宁战役红色纪念园 4A scenic area · on the map
The memorial park covers about 13 hectares on Quanshan North Street in Jining and is built around the Jining Campaign Memorial Hall, which opened in October 2010.
Lake Dai (Daihai) 岱海 4A scenic area · on the map
Lake Dai (Daihai) is a saline inland lake in a fault basin in Liangcheng County, the third largest inland lake in Inner Mongolia.
Linhu Gusai Resort 林胡古塞 4A scenic area · on the map
Linhu Gusai is a mountain resort planned across about 21 square kilometres in Dayushu township, Zhuozi County, themed on the Linhu, a people of the northern frontier in the Warring States period, and on local revolutionary history.
Mingxinggou Resort 明星沟 4A scenic area · on the map
Mingxinggou is a resort in a mountain valley in Dayushu township, in the south-west of Zhuozi County, planned across about 17 square kilometres in eight zones.
Riguang Grassland and Dahewan Resort 日光草原·大河湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A year-round resort in the hills north of Jining, built around the Riguang Volcano and Dahewan ski area and hot-spring wellness facilities.
Sumushan Forest Park 苏木山 4A scenic area · on the map
Sumushan is a forested range south of Xinghe where Inner Mongolia, Hebei and Shanxi meet, rising to Huangshiya at 2,334.7 m, the highest point in Ulanqab.
Jining Campaign Site (Old Flour Mill) 集宁战役旧址 National heritage site · on the map
The Jining Campaign Site is a four-storey concrete building of 1940 in the Qiaoxi district of Jining, put up by the Japanese army as a flour mill.
Kelimeng City Site 克里孟城址 National heritage site · on the map
Kelimeng is the site of a walled town occupied from the Han dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties, in Chahar Right Rear Banner.
Shajing Zongguanfu City Site 砂井路总管府故城 National heritage site · on the map
The Shajing city site is the ruin of the Yuan-dynasty seat of the Shajing zongguanfu, an administrative unit set up in 1316 in the lands of the Ongud people, north of the Jingzhou circuit.
Siziwang Banner Prince's Mansion 四子王旗王府 National heritage site · on the map
The Siziwang Banner Prince's Mansion was the seat of the Qing-era prince of the Sizi Buluo banner, built in 1905 for the 13th prince, Lawangnaerbu.

Wuhai 6 sites

Contemporary China Calligraphy Art Museum 当代中国书法艺术馆 4A scenic area · on the map
A large art museum in Haibowan, built from 2010 in a city that the China Calligraphers Association named a calligraphy city in 2008.
Jinshawan (Golden Sand Bay) 金沙湾生态旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
Jinshawan is a desert recreation area north of Wuhai, set in a hollow between two facing sand hills, the eastern one rising to 156 m.
Menggenhua Eco-Leisure Park 蒙根花生态休闲区 4A scenic area · on the map
Menggenhua is a leisure park beside Wuhai airport that combines an indoor hot-spring and water-park complex with an amusement park, greenhouses and a peony garden.
Sunshine Tianyu International Winery 阳光田宇国际酒庄 4A scenic area · on the map
Sunshine Tianyu is a vineyard and winery visitor estate in Saihanwusu, Hainan District, south of Wuhai, that began receiving visitors in early 2015.
Wuhai Lake 乌海湖 4A scenic area · on the map
Wuhai Lake is the reservoir of the Haibowan water control project on the Yellow River, completed in 2013, and its 118 square kilometres of water lie between the Ulan Buh Desert and the city.
Rock Paintings of Zhuozi Mountain (Zhaoshaogou) 桌子山岩画群 National heritage site · on the map
The Zhuozi Mountain rock paintings, a national protected site spread across Wuhai and Ordos, are best seen at Zhaoshaogou, where more than a hundred Neolithic engravings, mostly human faces including the well-known sun-god face, cover a gentle limestone slope.

Xilingol 15 sites

Beizi Temple (Chongshan Temple) 贝子庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Beizi Temple is a Gelug-school Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Chinese–Tibetan style, founded in 1743 below Erdun Aobao hill and given the name Chongshan Temple by the Qianlong emperor.
Bulin Spring, Ulagai 布林泉 4A scenic area · on the map
Bulin Spring is a grassland scenic area built around eight springs that flow all year at about 5 °C, with the remains of Bulin Temple, founded in 1672, about 1.5 km away; the temple site was conserved from 2010.
China Horse Capital Core Area 中国马都核心区 4A scenic area · on the map
A sports and culture complex of about 15 square kilometres on the southern edge of Xilinhot, developed from 2013 around Xilingol's title as China's horse capital, which the China Horse Industry Association gave the league in 2010.
Duolun Lake 多伦湖 4A scenic area · on the map
Duolun Lake is a reservoir on the upper Luan River, created by the Xishanwan hydropower scheme completed in 1999, with a surface of about 20,000 mu among hills, sand and grassland.
Erenhot National Gate Scenic Area 二连浩特国门景区 4A scenic area · on the map
The scenic area is built around the National Gate, a monumental gateway at Erenhot's port of entry on the northern edge of the city.
Erenhot National Geopark 二连浩特国家地质公园 4A scenic area · on the map
The geopark lies on the north-eastern edge of Erenhot, in the Iren Dabasu area, which is known for Cretaceous dinosaur fossils.
Imperial Horse Park, Taipusi (Yumayuan) 御马苑 4A scenic area · on the map
Yumayuan is a horse-culture and riding centre on the grassland of Taipusi Banner, with a collection of horses of more than twenty breeds, among them Akhal-Teke, Friesian, Dutch warmblood and English thoroughbred.
Mongol Khan City 蒙古汗城 4A scenic area · on the map
Mongol Khan City is a ger resort camp in the grassland of West Ujimqin Banner, with buildings modelled on the khan's city of Genghis Khan's enthronement and more than 150 gers for dining and overnight stays.
Shangdu (Xanadu) 元上都遗址 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Shangdu, known in the West as Xanadu, was the summer capital of Kublai Khan's Yuan dynasty, founded in 1256 beside the Luan River in the grassland north of the Great Wall, and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012.
Starry Sky Cultural Tourism Camp 星空文化旅游营地 4A scenic area · on the map
The camp occupies 1,300 mu of grassland in Zhengxiangbai Banner, just north of the National Astronomical Observatory's Mingantu observing station.
Ulagai Jiuquwan (Nine-Bend Bay) 乌拉盖九曲湾 4A scenic area · on the map
Jiuquwan is a stretch of the Ulagai River in the far east of Xilingol where the river winds in tight loops through wetland and grassland.
Ulagai Wolf Valley 乌拉盖野狼谷 4A scenic area · on the map
Wolf Valley is a themed grassland attraction on the Hesige Ula ranch in the Ulagai Management Area, and was one of the main filming locations for the film Wolf Totem.
Wulan Wutai (Red Wutai) 乌兰五台 4A scenic area · on the map
Wulan Wutai is a scenic area of Mongolian Buddhist culture in the grassland of West Ujimqin Banner; its name means Red Wutai in Mongolian.
Huizong Temple 汇宗寺 National heritage site · on the map
Huizong Temple, called the Blue Temple in Mongolian, is a Gelug-school monastery built between 1691 and 1712 after the Kangxi emperor held an assembly of Mongol princes at Duolun Nor in 1691.
Shanxi Guild Hall, Duolun 山西会馆 National heritage site · on the map
The Shanxi Guild Hall is a Qing-period complex built from 1745 by Shanxi merchants trading in Duolun Nor, with lodgings, an entertainment area, a business meeting area and a temple to Guan Yu; about half of the original buildings remain.

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