Blue sky and white clouds, green grass, flowers, sheep and cows everywhere, white yurts scattered, woven into a pleasant picture scroll, this spectacular scenery appeared in the Inner Mongolia Xilingol thousand miles of grassland Scenic Byway. This place is not only rated as "one of the six most beautiful grasslands in China" by China National Geographic, but also the location of the world cultural heritage "Yuan Shangdu", China's horse capital, the best experience of horse culture.
Xilingol, which means "river on the vast grassland" in Mongolian, is located directly north of Beijing, 560 kilometers from Tiananmen Square, the center of Beijing, and is the closest grassland pastoral area to Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. If you want to play in-depth Xilingol Thousand Mile Grassland Scenic Byway, of course, you can't miss the "three capitals" in-depth tour routes that are linked from south to north! The "Three Capitals" refers to Beijing, the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, Xilingol, which is the only World Heritage Site, and Xilinhot, which is known as the horse capital of China. This is a boutique line of grassland-style tourism around Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, which consists of 10 scenic spots with different characteristics! Now let's take a look at what wonderful scenic spots are on the "Three Capitals" route!
A piece of emerald inlaid between the mountains and grasslands - Duolun Lake
Duo Lun County is located in the southern tip of Xilin Gol League, the eastern end of the northern foothills of the Yinshan Mountains, Duolun in the Mongolian language means seven lakes, also known as the seven star pool. Artificial masterpiece of dolun lake is here, it is actually a comprehensive water conservancy hub of the main stream of the luanhe river, the whole is a long and narrow shape, more than 40 kilometers around the lakes in a circle, the lake and mountains, beautiful! Here the summer is warm and rainy, the autumn is cool and pleasant, the four seasons of temperature change is clear, the natural landscape is rich and colorful, especially suitable for leisure and summer vacation.
The water quality of Duolun Lake is very good, known for the abundance of carp. Legend has it that the original Duolun Lake and no carp, is the Kangxi Emperor came to Duolun Lake to see the large surface of the lake in the lake no fish, asked people to use camels from the Yellow River to pack dozens of carp, stocked in the lake! Scenic area also constructed the Great Wall of the Serbian, Guanyin Cave, ?moshan Pavilion and many other attractions, feel the Dorian Lake original scenery of the northern part of the Serbian. There is also a road around the lake next to the Duolun Lake, the roadside grass, drive around the lake for a week all the beautiful scenery will be in full view, to the annual tourism August Golden Season, here organized by the whole of Inner Mongolia around the Duolun Lake Bicycle Race, but also attracted a large number of tourists and competitors to come to play
Tips: Duolun Lake is located in the southeast of the Duolun County, 15 kilometers, you can also take a taxi to go from the county of Duolun, the round-trip The price is about 60 yuan. Tickets for the scenic area are 40 yuan per person, open from 08:00 to 18:00. In addition to fishing and tasting the delicious lake fish, there are horseback riding, rafting, boating, swimming and other recreational projects, which need to be paid separately.
Promoting Mongolian horse culture--Royal Royal Horse Park
To say that to go to the prairie, how can you not horse gallop once? Located in the Gongbao Lag Prairie Royal Royal Horse Park, is the location of the left wing of the Qing Dynasty Taibushi herd, and has a "Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei backyard garden" reputation. Here you can experience the pure Inner Mongolian steppe style, dismounted wine rituals, Mongolian Ulanmu Riding songs and dance performances, grassland square dance, sacrificing Ovoo, simply everything!