"Erlianhot" is the Chinese translation of the Mongolian language, "Erlian" formerly known as "Eren", along the outskirts of the city, "Eren Dabusan Nur "(now translated Erlian salt pond) of the name. "Eren" is a beautiful description of the shepherds on the desert Gobi scenery, there is the meaning of mirage.
Tourist attractions in the city
State Gate and Boundary Monument
The State Gate and the Boundary Monument are unique tourist attractions in Erlian. The old State Gate was built in 1984, and the Chinese-Mongolian border was equipped with the No. 357 double-standing boundary pillars. in 2003, the No. 357 boundary pillars completed their mission and became a historical relic. the No. 815 large granite double-standing boundary pillars with the same number replaced the original No. 357 concrete boundary pillars on August 15th, 2003. Groundbreaking for the new State Gate took place in 2003 and it will be operational in 2005. The new State Gate straddles the double track of the railroad with a span of 39 meters, a height of 22.5 meters and a length of 70.39 meters.
Zamyn-Uud
Zamyn-Uud port is the largest land port in Mongolia, and Erlian city across the border, the two urban areas are 9 kilometers apart. The area of the jurisdiction is 48 square kilometers, the urban area of 9 square kilometers, the population of about 8500 people, mainly to the Khalkha Mongolians. Residents in the city are mainly engaged in commerce and service industry. The main attractions of the city include the station building with Chinese and Western architectural styles, the station square with European style, the Sukhumvit Bator Monument, the government office building, the small wooden building, the yurt group, the department store and so on. There is a resort 3 kilometers away from the city, where you can enjoy horseback riding, hunting, bonfire party, and exotic Mongolian folklore and culture of songs and dances. Mongolia is building the Zamyn-Uud Free Economic Zone, which is a separate bonded zone operating in the form of customs clearance within Mongolia, with plans to build a trade zone, a processing zone, an entertainment and gaming zone, and an international airport. Foreign businessmen will enjoy preferential policies such as tariff exemption, and foreign nationals will be able to enter and exit the zone freely with their passports without visas or with their national ID cards.
New Joint Inspection Building
The new Joint Inspection Building of Erlian City Highway Port is located at the northernmost end of Qianjin Road, covering an area of 343,000 square meters. The maximum cargo throughput is 2.4 million tons / year, the passenger volume of 3 million people / year. There are Joint Inspection Building, Customs Special Inspection Area cargo inspection building, cargo declaration building, border inspection barracks and matching port supervision and other facilities. The new Joint Inspection Area has four into four out of eight channels, the north exit and Mongolia border, the south exit through the city and the 208 National Highway connected. The area set customs clearance and inspection, warehousing and transportation, life services in one, can be completed in one go customs declaration and inspection and tax collection.
Dinosaur Museum
Erlian Dinosaur Museum is located in the center of Erlian city, was built in 1989, the expansion was completed in September 2002, the museum is located in the center of Erlian city, was built in 1989, the expansion was completed in September 2002, the museum is located in the center of Erlian city. Dinosaur Museum is a beautiful and generous shape, the main body of the building for the three-storey structure, including fossilized paleontology and Erlian development history of the two exhibition halls. Paleontological fossil exhibition hall exhibits Erlian salt pond unearthed some of the more valuable dinosaur fossils, mammal fossils and dinosaur fossils mounted, Erlian development history hall mainly shows the history of Erlian City and the results of open development.
Dinosaur Ruins
Erlian area is one of the earliest areas in Asia to discover dinosaur fossils and dinosaur egg fossils, known as the "home of the dinosaurs" reputation. Dinosaur site is located 9 kilometers from the city center of Erlian salt pond area, as early as 70 million years ago in the late Cretaceous period, where lakes, hot and humid climate, dense forests, is a paradise for dinosaurs to live and reproduce. In the past 100 years since the 1890s, paleontologists and geologists from nearly ten countries, including Russia, the United States, Canada and China, have conducted seven large-scale expeditions and excavations here. More than ten kinds of dinosaur fossils such as Pachycephalosaurus, Euclidosaurus, Duck-billed dinosaur and Ornithischianosaurus were found one after another, and a large number of complete dinosaur skeleton fossils were unearthed. Among them, the discovery of dinosaur egg fossils hit the earliest record in China.