Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, referred to as "Inner Mongolia", the People's Republic of China **** and the country's provincial administrative region, the capital city of Hohhot.
Located in North China, Inner Mongolia is bounded by latitude 37°24′-53°23′ north and longitude 97°12′-126°04′ east, bordering Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and Hebei in the northeast, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Ningxia in the south, and Gansu in the southwest. Gansu? adjoining, and bordering Russia and Mongolia in the north, Inner Mongolia has a total area of 1,183,000 square kilometers.
The scenery of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region mainly consists of grasslands, monuments, deserts, lakes, forests, folklore "six wonders". The forest landscape is mainly distributed in the Daxing'an Mountains; folklore tours mainly include Mongolian songs and dances, Mongolian "men's three arts" - horse racing, wrestling, archery, Naadam and so on.
Scenic spots and monuments include Wuta Temple, Dazhao, Zhaojun Tomb, Xilitu Shao, Usutu Shao and White Pagoda in Hohhot, Wudang Shao and Meidai Shao in Baotou, Genghis Khan Mausoleum in YijinhuoLuo Banner, Yanfusi Temple in Alashanzuo Banner, LiaoShangJing, LiaoZhongJing and DaMing Pagoda in Chifeng City, and Gaxian Cave in Oroqen Autonomous Banner.
The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has three major ethnic customs: Naadam, Yurt, and Ovoo Sacrifice.
The grassland event a Na Da Mou: that is, the meaning of amusement, carnival, more in the grasslands held in August, originated seven hundred years ago. The day of the Nada Maku traders gathered, talking about all kinds of art, the main traditional sports projects are horse racing, wrestling, archery.
Yurt: the word yurt comes from the Manchu people on the Mongolian residence name, is the product of nomadic life. Generally seven or eight feet high, wide more than ten feet, first with wooden poles, cowhide stapled into a net-shaped square frame several pieces, and then connected to the round barn type, and then with the round wood composed of umbrella-shaped dome, the top of the center of a round skylight, sunny open yin and close to circulate the air to absorb sunlight, is the traditional residence of grasslands and pastoral areas, but also foreign tourists are interested in the couch place.
Ovation of Ovoo: traditional Mongolian religious activities, Ovoo is in the grasslands, mountain slopes or sand dunes on the high ground with stone, earth, wicker and other bases and become. "Ovoo" is the earliest in the boundless steppe established to identify the direction, road, border signs, and then become a sacrifice to the gods of the mountain, the road god of the place. Ovoo sacrifice is held in July and August. During the festival, tree strips are inserted into the Ovoo, and colorful cloth or paper flags are hung on it. In the hearts of Mongolian people, Ovoo is a sacred place.
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The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is home to 55 ethnic groups, including Mongols, Han Chinese, Manchus, Hui, Daur, Ewenki, Oroqen, Koreans, Xibo, Tujia, Dongxiang, and Miao, in addition to the Lhoba.
The traditional diet of Mongolians is relatively rugged, with mutton, milk, wild vegetables and pasta as the main ingredients. The cooking method is relatively simple, and is most famous for baking. It is a great honor for the richness of the real, focusing on the original flavor of the raw materials. Specialties include roasted leg of lamb, whole lamb, hand-held lamb, cheese, horse milk wine, oat noodles, Zishan smoked chicken, jerky, Hada cake, Mongolian pies, honey hemp leaves, Dexingyuan siu mai and so on.
Traditional food is divided into white food and red food. White food is called Chagan Yid in Mongolian, and it is the milk products of cows, horses, sheep and camels. The red food is called Ulaanid in Mongolian, which is the meat products of cattle, sheep and other livestock. White food is the Mongolian food to honor the guests, according to the Mongolian custom, the white color indicates pure, auspicious, noble, so white food is the highest courtesy of Mongolian hospitality.
Mongolian wine: Mongolians pour wine to honor their guests, wine is the most precious food to express the loyalty of friends. The host will pour wine in a silver bowl or a golden cup, hold it on the Hada, sing a toast to express his sincerity and feelings, then the guest should take the wine, drink it if he can, and taste it if he can't, then return the wine to the host, and don't give in to the host, and thank him for the toast.
The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region uses the traditional Mongolian script, which is mainly used in the Mongolian language; with Mongolia using the Cyrillic Mongolian script, the words sound the same as each other. The Mongolian script has changed considerably since the Mongols began recording their own language.
In the past, when the Mongolian language did not have a script, the Mongolian language had to be recorded in the languages and scripts of other friendly neighboring peoples. The traditional Mongolian script was formed on the basis of the H? Chí Minh script. The early Mongolian alphabet was similar to that of migratory birds, and was called migratory Mongolian.