Tongliao 通辽Tōngliáo

About Tongliao

Tongliao is Horqin Mongol country, spread across the West Liao River plain and the Horqin sandy land, where Daqinggou nature reserve keeps spring-fed valleys of broadleaf forest among the dunes. Hamin Archaeological Site Park protects the house floors of a Neolithic village dated to about 5,500 to 5,000 years ago, and the Three Great Temples of Kulun recall a banner that the Qing ruled jointly with its lamas. Naiman Mongolian Prince's Mansion, begun in 1863, shows how a banner prince lived.

What to eat in Tongliao

• Horqin beef pies (科尔沁馅饼)
• Kulun buckwheat noodles (库伦荞面)

Listed sites in Tongliao

15 sites in Tongliao are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.

• 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.

On the map

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Learn more

• Wikipedia
• Official website
• Wikipedia (Chinese)