gegentala grassland

gegentala grassland

Gegentara is Mongolian, which means "vast and bright Grassland". Gegentala grassland is located in Siziwang Banner, Wulanchabu City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 140 km away from Hohhot, the capital of the autonomous region, and 200 km away from Wulanchabu city. The asphalt road is like a black ribbon extending to the tourist spots, which is a national line scenic spot. Since it was opened to Chinese and foreign tourists in 1979, it has received more than 40000 tourists from more than 50 countries and regions, and more than 200000 domestic tourists. Gegentala tourist spot holds Nadam tourism from August 15 to August 25 every year, which is also a good time for summer vacation.

Gegentara is the nearest grassland scenic spot to Hohhot, the only largest tourism enterprise operating in Inner Mongolia, and one of the first batch of 4A scenic spots in China. The main landing site of the world-famous manned spacecraft is located in gegentara grassland.

Introduction to scenic spots

Gegentara is Mongolian, which means "vast and bright Grassland". Founded in 1979, it was transformed into a private enterprise in 1996. In recent years, after large-scale new, expansion and reconstruction, it has formed a unique grassland style tourist attraction integrating food, accommodation, travel, shopping and entertainment. Gegentara is also the largest grassland tourist attraction in Inner Mongolia and the closest to Hohhot. It is the only largest tourism enterprise operating across the League City in Inner Mongolia and one of the first batch of 4A tourist attractions in China. The world-famous main landing site of the manned spacecraft is located in Gegentala grassland, only 50 km away from Gegentala. Gegentara is also the only way to the port city of Erlianhot.

Today's gegentara grassland is more beautiful, with beautiful water and grass, rolling hills, waves like horses, golden clouds like camels and white clouds like sheep swimming in the green sea. The herdsmen on horseback, with thin horse poles in their hands, point to the sky like spearheads. Traditional yurts and modern yurts form a beautiful and moving picture of gegetala grassland.

Folk activities

August of every year is the season for holding Nadam grand meeting.

There is a grand large temple fair every year, a small temple fair every month and an annual OBO worship activity. In the OBO worship activity, we can see Mongolian traditional wrestling, horse riding, archery and other wonderful competitions.

Tourists can wear Mongolian robes, step on Mongolian boots, step on the horse chasing the wind, and roam on the grassland by the steady camel; they can enjoy Mongolian folk songs and dances against the background of bonfire; they can taste mellow and fragrant horse milk wine, fragrant hand picked meat and roasted whole sheep in the warm toast songs. Based on Aobao, you will not only think of the love of "Aobao meet", but also have a broad vision and a relaxed mind. The mellow milk tea and traditional milk food of herdsmen will make you daydream about the life course of nomadic people. Sleeping in yurt at night, listening to the pastoral songs, looking up to try a few stars, and putting into the embrace of nature make Mongolian traditional horse racing, archery and wrestling more attractive.

The vast durbert (Mongolian means Siziwang) prairie is an intoxicating grassland beauty with green grass, birds singing and flowers, blue sky and clear water, white clouds and rainbows, continuous smoke from cooking, sound of flute, people shouting and chasing cattle and sheep in summer and autumn.

Here, you can wear gorgeous national costumes, step on the horse chasing the wind, ride on the stable camel, ride on the traditional Leche, and run or roam on the grassland. When you visit the herdsmen who have lived on the grassland for generations, the hospitable Mongolian herdsmen will greet you with traditional national etiquette, mellow wine, milk tea, sweet and crisp fried rice, and make fine and delicious products You can enjoy growing milk food. The white hada and the loud voice express the herdsmen's sincerity to the distant guests! This is your personal experience of nomadic life on the grassland.

In order to enrich the activities of tourists on the grassland, the daily activities include watching horse racing, wrestling, equestrian performance, sacrificing Oboo, bonfire party, etc. If you want to show your skills, you can take part in many activities to compete with our Mongolian girls and boys and have fun together.

When night falls, Inner Mongolia gegentara Art Troupe will present a unique Mongolian folk song and dance in front of the bonfire. Visitors can also sing and dance with the troupe actors, forget the hustle and bustle of the city, and happily plunge into the embrace of nature. The beautiful and unrestrained Andai dance will push your activities in the grassland to a climax.

Sleeping in the yurt at night, through the skylight, you can see the stars in the sky. When you have time to think about the past when the simple and hardworking Mongolian people lived in this hot land, you can hear the melodious sound of horse head Qin in the distance. So far, as if you are a genuine Mongolian, you will naturally relive this day. It is not only a tourism and leisure, but also an exhibition of nomadic culture and history.

Oboo sacrifice

For hundreds of years, local herdsmen have always respected and worshipped Aobao, which is inherited by their own family or tribe. Every year on the grassland, there are various activities of Oboo sacrifice. gegentala grassland

Since ancient times, the Mongolian people have passed on and promoted the moral concept of harmony between adults and nature through the annual ceremonious sacrifice of Oboo "gods", so as to further unify and standardize people's ecological moral consciousness. Everyone regards reverence for life, cherishing ecology and harmonious nature as their bounden duty.

Every May 13 of the lunar calendar is a long-standing large-scale memorial day for this Obo, and the whole sacrificial ceremony is still carried out in accordance with the traditional etiquette. On the first day, the Oboo will be decorated in an all-round way, including the gugeli (Mongolian horse mane) of suluding, the symbol of the soul of Oboo, the fresh branches on the top of Oboo and the colorful zippers. On the day of sacrifice, the herdsmen who have been sacrificing this Oboo for generations, dressed in festival costumes and supporting the old and the young, come from all directions early in the morning and put the cooked whole sheep and milk food brought from home on the sacrifice platform. Then the heads of households burn incense, hold up lamps, and tie hada on the colorful zipper, which means to report to the gods of Oboo. gegentala grassland

The "gegenchagan OBO" worshipped by the tourist center originally belonged to the ancient tribe zazazak OBO worshipped by local herdsmen. It was once enlightened by the master of bojiao (Shamanism). Later, the Buddhist eminent monks incorporated a charm into the Obo, which is an authentic OBO with "spirituality". In order to fully display the charm of ancient OBO culture, the tourism center is expanded according to the OBO rules formed in the Yuan Dynasty, that is, with the old OBO as the core, 12 unified small OBOS are distributed on the circumference of the rules, surrounded by the main OBO. Mongolian people have always advocated the number of "13", which is not only the starting point of success, but also the symbol of good luck. This Oboo composed of "13" has a profound meaning, "10" is an integer, which means integration, "3" is a total, which represents the unity of heaven, earth and man, and symbolizes the perfect power of heaven. According to the idea of "heaven has 99 heaven, and human beings are in harmony with each other for years", 99 lamp holders are made on the stone wall of the main Obo, which reflects the perfection of its ternary structure and the style and power of the orthodox OBO in the Yuan Dynasty.

At the end of the sacrificial ceremony, all the people held up the bucket and continued to shout "Hu Ruiai". They turned around OBO three times in a clockwise direction, which means that the God of OBO made them communicate with heaven and earth in spirit, and got close to nature again, indicating their gratitude.

At the beginning of the sacrificial ceremony, the Buddhist masters beat drums and leaped out to chant the heaven worship poems inherited by the Buddhist religion, praying for the eternal grace of heaven, enriching the earth and keeping away from evil. At the same time, the lamas played music and recited their Sutra "namdagesang" to pray for the peace and happiness of the world. At this moment, the herdsmen prayed to the gods of heaven and earth with great piety: good weather, prosperity of human beings and animals, and frequently raised the bucket or substitute food in their hands, swayed clockwise, and chanted "hurui AI" (God's blessing favors you, me, him and all creatures in the World).

Traffic information

You can take a shuttle bus from Hohhot to Wulanchabu City, then transfer to Siziwang Banner, or directly charter a bus from Hohhot or Wulanchabu city.

Tourist center

Brief information

Gegentara tourism center is located in Siziwang Banner, adjacent to Erlianhot and Mongolia in the north, Xilinhot in the East, Damao Banner in Baotou City in the West and Hohhot in the south. It's a central area where you can go to the eight poles and the Six Harmonies of the heart. The old Wangye mansion, the big temple and the wuhuketubaiyan Oboo, the alliance of the six banners of Wulanchabu, all gather here, which shows its geographical advantages. And the freedom and freedom of being alone and wandering between heaven and earth, the simple sense and the sense of the universe of people and heaven and earth, are the unique and advantages of gegentara. It's a feeling far away from the urban world. Sleeping in a private room at night, listening to the depth of the universe, everything is quiet and mysterious. For a long time, my heart is in harmony with the universe. In the east corner of sunrise, the grassland is red, birds are singing and the earth is singing. It's even more fragrant with milk and white clouds, and the fields are fresh. You can enjoy the beautiful Mongolian beauty's equestrian performance under the blue sky and white clouds, have a competition with the wrestlers in the hot noon, or take a poetic walk in the vast grassland for lovers to enjoy

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