Saihantala ecological park

Saihantala ecological park is located in the southeast of Qingshan District, Baotou city. It is a modern grassland tourist attraction with strong ethnic customs. Saihantala means "Beautiful Grassland" in Mongolian, with a total area of 537 hectares and a grassland area of 380 hectares. It is truly "Grassland in the city". One second, you are still shuttling through the urban jungle. The next second, you have stepped into the beautiful grassland with green grass and wild flowers and scattered white yurts. In Saihantala ecological park, you can not only stroll among the wild flowers and grass, but also gallop in the blue sky and white clouds. It provides a variety of entertainment items, such as horse riding, archery, camel riding and so on. It has a well-equipped racecourse and archery field, can hold bonfire parties, and has a unique national song and dance performance, which can let you experience the surging, bold and good songs at one time The Inner Mongolia style of dance. When you come here in winter, you can enjoy skiing on the grassland.

Saihantala ecological park

Saihantala ecological park is a primitive grassland wetland ecosystem in Baotou City, also known as "Genghis Khan grassland ecological park" (Saihantala means "Beautiful Grassland" in Mongolian). It is located between the five urban areas of Baotou, covering a total area of 770 hectares, including 150 hectares of woodland and 500 hectares of grassland. It is about 4.1 km long from north to South and 2.2 km wide from east to west. The altitude is 1034-1058 meters. The west of the park is close to Wanqing Road, showing a belt platform, which gradually decreases from north to south, with an elevation difference of 8-10 meters between North and south. It is the largest natural grassland Park in China. The ceremony of offering sacrifices to Oboo is held on August 17 of the lunar calendar every year.

Planning History

In this originally overgrown place, many businesses are ready to invest huge amounts of money in the development of real estate, but Baotou's decision-makers are not tempted by commercial interests, and list it as a symbolic cultural project to benefit the people, insisting on decades of planning and continuous construction.

On October 16, 1985, the people's Government of Baotou City decided to divide it into public green space.

In 1994, Baotou Municipal People's Congress made a "decision to build Saihantala Park". Baotou municipal Party committee and Baotou municipal government attach great importance to this garden project and list it as an important part of Baotou's economic development in the 21st century. According to the overall planning and layout, the ecological park is divided into eight scenic areas: front gate scenic area, leisure resort area, national culture exhibition area, commercial development area, ecological science demonstration area, natural wetland protection area, national sports competition area and grassland scenery area.

In 2001, the municipal Party committee and the municipal government listed the ecological park in the image project of Baotou City, and renamed it Genghis Khan grassland ecological park. They began to implement the infrastructure construction project of the ecological park, and completed the main ring road, scenic area in front of the gate, ecological fence and greening project of the park.

At the end of 2003, the construction of water system and national culture exhibition area was completed. After two years of restoration, protection and construction, great changes have taken place in the ecological situation of the park. There are a large number of rabbits, pheasants and various migratory birds in the forest and grass. Grass and trees form a natural landscape of sparse forest and grassland. When summer comes, the water and grass in the park are beautiful, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, and the endless green meets the blue sky and white clouds. When you are in the park, you will feel the prairie feeling of "the sky is vast, the wild is vast, and the grass is blowing in the wind.

In 2014, the people's Congress of Baotou amended the regulations on the protection of Saihantala grassland in Baotou City (hereinafter referred to as the regulations), which further clarified that no one should occupy, buy, sell, transfer, lease or destroy the green space of the grassland reserve in Baotou City, and protected Saihantala in an innovative form of chart into law. According to the new regulations, the urban grassland reserve is divided into core reserve and control reserve. Among them, the area of the grassland core reserve in the city is 565.25 hectares, which can be increased according to the regulatory detailed planning of the new urban central area and the planning and design of Saihantala grassland, platform Park and grassland Cultural Tourism Industrial Park in Baotou city. "

Types of scenic spots

The park belongs to the lower wetland with high groundwater level. Most of the area is natural grassland. There are a lot of poplars and willows growing in the grassland. Among them, Tamarix is the most characteristic tree species in the park and grows very luxuriantly. After the restoration, protection and construction of Baotou Genghis Khan Grassland Ecological Park Development Co., Ltd. in recent two years, great changes have taken place in the ecology of the park. There are a large number of wild animals and a wide variety of migratory birds in the forest and grass. Grass and trees form a natural landscape of sparse forest and grassland. When summer comes, the water and grass in the park are rich and beautiful. When you are in the park, you will feel like "the sky is blue, the wild is vast, the wind blows, the grass is low, and the cattle and sheep are visible". The garden is about 4.1 km long and 2.2 km wide. The trees in the garden are mainly red willow in the East and Populus simonii in the West. The grassland is about 500 hectares.

Saihantala ecological park contains folk customs and cultural connotations such as grassland ethnic catering, clothing, recreation, ethnic song and dance, grassland wedding, etiquette reception, etc. The traffic extends in all directions.

Saihantala ecological park, Oboo, manihong, horse racing field, archery field, wrestling field, fire platform, and adjacent cattle, horses, camels, sheep, deer, pastures, constitute a simple landscape with grass characteristics.

Scenery

The park is divided into eight major landscape areas, namely, the front gate scenic area, the national culture exhibition area, the comprehensive development area, the leisure resort area, the ecological science popularization demonstration area, the national sports competition area, the natural wetland protection area and the grassland scenery exhibition area.

Grassland and water system

The grassland area of the park is about 500 hectares, in which four sand rivers pass through the park, forming a unique natural grassland wetland landscape.

Obo

Bright streamers like arms summon herdsmen in the distance. This is Oboo. It used to be a symbol of road and realm made of stones on the vast grassland. Later, it gradually evolved into a symbol of sacrificing Mountain God, road God, praying for harvest and family happiness and peace.

Every time the herdsman passes through Oboo, he will put some stones on it. Before the guests arrive at Oboo, they usually circle the Oboo clockwise for three times according to the Mongolian custom. At the same time, they make a wish in their heart and add stones on the Oboo to fulfill their wish. Generally, 3, 6, 9 stones are thrown, representing 66 Dashun or auspicious. Aobao Festival is held regularly in the park. Offering sacrifices to Oboo is the epitome of Mongolian ancient culture. As a cultural space, it contains many Mongolian traditional cultures and customs. Excavating, rescuing and protecting offering sacrifices to Oboo is of great practical significance for promoting the sense of identity of Chinese culture, enhancing social cohesion, enhancing national unity and social stability.

Mongolian yurts

There are more than 10 yurts of different sizes on the vast green plain, which are scattered and decorated.

Saihantala style garden

Saihantala style park is located in the northwest of the park, which can provide catering, rest and other services for tourists.

In the park, you can taste authentic Mongolian food, enjoy Mongolian performances, and have close contact with free range sika deer.

Ski Field

It is open in winter and located on the north slope of the viewing platform. For fee items, provide ski, snow circle and other equipment rental services.

Walking into the park, the winding road around the park runs through the whole park. The grassland scenic area covers an area of more than 2500 mu. The ecological park has abundant water and grass, sparse forest and green space, and unique landscape. There are pheasants, badgers, foxes, cuckoos, larks, hawks, magpies, jumping mice and more than 40 kinds of wild animals in the forest.

Tourism projects

Forest cabin, traditional Mongolian yurt, Mongolian meal, deer feast, horse head Qin, Mongolian long tune, Errentai, shanqu'er The unique catering culture attracts guests from all over the world. The folk garden and Genghis Khan palace in the garden represent the solemn and stirring of the ancient battlefield There are also tourism, leisure vacation, National Culture Expo, ecological science demonstration, national culture and leisure park. Tourists can also take a sightseeing battery car to visit the whole park, and participate in horse riding, archery, wrestling and other ethnic characteristics of competitive activities.

The huge gate built by imitating banyan trees is simple and unsophisticated, with birds singing and flowers fragrance around the gate, gurgling streams and many visitors coming and going. Overlooking the jungle, Guyuan, deer, Oboo, wild songbirds, herders singing Seeing this scene, a feeling of nostalgia arises spontaneously; Genghis Khan, a generation of great talent, is wearing a war robe, his horses are neighing, his military flag is fluttering, his swords and swords are shining in the wilderness, and his dancing platform is crisscrossing Ah, hero's triumphant return, beauty's pure love, heroic elegy, loyal minister's hatred, earth shaking war drum, deafening hissing

Tour notes

get accommodation

Saihantala ecological park has 15 yurts and 90 beds. There are more than 50 activity bags of different specifications in the surrounding woods and grasslands for visitors to rest and entertainment.

traffic

Bus: take No.5, No.10, No.35, No.54 to Saihantala Park station

Railway: there are many railway stations in Baotou City, the most important of which are Baotou Station and Baotou east station. Before taking the train from Baotou, we should pay attention to distinguish between Baotou Station and Baotou east station. Because the two places are so far apart, if we make a mistake, we won't be able to get there in time.

Highway: traffic in Baotou is convenient. You can go to Beijing, Hohhot, Lanzhou, Lhasa, Xi'an and Ordos via Beijing Tibet Expressway and Baotou Maoming expressway.

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