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Saturday, 15 August 2009 02:14 |
Baotou (Paotow) is situated in Western Inner Mongolia, North China. The city was founded in the 17th century on a neolithic site. At that time, people were encouraged to settle here to open up agriculture and to defend the borders. The urban population is now about 2. 09 million of which the Han are 93. 75% , the Mongolians 3. 31% , and the rest 35 other national minorities. This city is one of the 13 large cities approved by the State Council in 1984. With beautiful urban views, Ovur 1/3 of urban area landscape and 30,000 square kilometers of total awa, it sill enjoys a natural appearance. Enjoying the view, you will appreciate the fueling of returning to nature. As simple folk, Baotou people are good at both singing and dancing.
Do you know the history of Baotou? A legend states that Genghis Khan, the ruler of Mongolia, once led his troops on a punitive expedition towards the water and found a deer frolicking beside the spring. Pleasantly surprised, he pulled his
bow and shot his arrow to the leading deer. The deer ran towards the west. Genghis Khan with his troops chased it. Reaching Jiuyuan Zillah, he found the deer had suddenly vanished. Only a high willow stood in front of him. Confused, he ordered his soldiers to dig the soil. He found the root of the willow was the original shape of the deer. Surprised, he took it as a churinga and he couldnt help but shout:"Baoketu!" He led his troops in a divine service in front of the willow. This is how Baotou was after "Baoketu"in Mongolian and "A Place with Deer" in chinese. It was later renamed "Deer City".
Erduosi Plateau to the south of Baotou is the site where Genghis Khan fought and died. The Kupuqi Desert, to the south of Baotou, has a unique phenomenon
Sliding down the slope of a dune the sand make a mysterious sound. Naotou contained a perfectly-kept section of the Great Wall built in the period of Emperor Qin over 2,000 years ago. The Yinshan Cliff Painting Living Fossil, is 4,000-5,000 years old. The Wudangzhao Temple, a massive 2500-room complex established in 1749 was ince home to 1,200 monks and covers about 50 acres. As the largest Lamgsery in Western Inner Mongolia, it contains statues, murals, and tankas typical of the Yellow Sect Buddhism. The Meidaizhao Temple was originally built in the Ming Dynasty. It is also known as the Sanniangzi Temple and was named after the concubine of its Mongolian founder. She was buried here. Aa a Han Chinese, she helped to bridge the differences between the two ethnic groups. The Tomb of Genghis Khan was moved about 100 kilometers south of Baotou to Ejinhorog (Elinhoro) in 1954. It is in the shape of three yurts and has been restored. It contains ashes, said to be his. Pilgrims gather here to pay homage for one day in the third, fifth, ninth, and tenth lunar months. Two parks are also open to tourists, they are the Kongdulung Reservoir and the Nanhaizi Water Park.
Baotou is the largest industrial city of Inner Mongolia and is famous for its steel production. It is also noted for its rare-earth metal resources. Baotou is easy to reach. It takes only 50 minutes from Beijing to Baotou by air and about 10 hours by train. Its tourist attractions are mainly out of the urban area. Take a scarf to cover your nose in case you encounter a samlstorm. The maximum summer temperature is 38°C , the minimum is -30°C in winter! The average height above sea level is 1,000 meters. Annual rainfall is a sparse 3l2mm. There are 132 frost-free days a year. Prepare for cold weather except in summer. It has good restaurants, hotels, shopping and entertainment. |
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Saturday, 01 August 2009 12:11 |
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Saturday, 25 July 2009 05:12 |
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The total solar eclipse is very spectacular , there is a good field of view Hubei province, i make my job in the city os Beijing, i can't see the all peocess of total solar eclipse,what a pity. There are many total solar eclipse pictures followed |
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Monday, 13 July 2009 14:26 |
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I am a boy from china. I live at Chaoyang district in Beijing. This is my first website about china. There are many pictures of china. China is a good place for living and travel, I hope the friends from different countries all over the word can come to china. Chinese people are very enthusiastic ,they will make guests feel at home.  What a pity, my English is very poor, thus, I don’t know to express my feelings, I hope to make friends with all the people from all the world, I am very sincere, I hope to know the culture of different countries and ethnicities, I can tell you the Chinese culture, example for Chinese tea ,Chinese dragon and so on. Maybe you will like the china. China have very many beautiful and cultural attractions, the most famous is Great wall, Great wall is the crystallization of Chinese nation, and she is very gorgeous, If you come to the city of Beijing in china, Great wall will be the first place that you need go to. You will don’t know the amazing of Great Wall if you don't come personally. The pictures is updated slowly because I have not enough time, I will update only if I have time, I want to share the Chinese pictures with you. If you like this website, you can tell your friends, if you want to make friend with me or have some good suggestions to this website,you can email me My Email Adrees :
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