Ulanqab 乌兰察布Wūlánchábù

About Ulanqab

Ulanqab lies in the middle of Inner Mongolia, where herding and farming cultures meet. Huitengxile, an alpine meadow at an average height of about 2,100 m, and Gegentala Grassland are its main grassland draws, and Lake Dai, a saline lake in a fault basin, has a hot spring and a ski resort on Wofo Mountain above it. In Siziwang Banner, the prince's mansion built in 1905 still stands, and Zhuozi County is known for its smoked chicken.

What to eat in Ulanqab

• Zhuozi smoked chicken (卓资熏鸡)
• Fengzhen mooncakes (丰镇月饼)

Listed sites in Ulanqab

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

• 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.

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Learn more

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