The Heishantou Ruins are an ancient city from the Yuan Dynasty, located on the eastern bank of the Erguna River in the Erguna Banner of the Hulunbuir League. They are considered the birthplace of the Mongolian people. The Yuan Dynasty-built Heishantou Ancient City ruins serve as a historical testament to the origins of the Mongolian people, though some believe it to be a Liao Dynasty site. The Heishantou Ancient City is situated at the eastern terrace where the Genhe and Derbul Rivers flow into the Erguna River...
The Wulan Mountain Scenic Area in Er'guosi City is a national 3A-level tourist attraction, located on the east side of County Road 904 and on the right bank of the China-Russia border river — the Erguna River. It serves as an important node along the golden tourism route in northern Hulunbuir. As the highest peak along the banks of the Erguna River, it stands the site of the earliest ancient Obo (sacred cairn) and the oldest cluster of Obo sites, considered the birthplace of sacred Obo culture...
The E’erguna Ethnic Museum (Inner Mongolia Russian Ethnic Museum) is located at No. 215, Hasar Road, Labudalin Office, E’erguna City, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It covers an area of 3,800 square meters, with a construction area of 7,900 square meters. It houses the “Ancient History Exhibition Hall of E’erguna,” the “Russian Ethnic...”
Gaxian Cave is located 9 kilometers northwest of Alihe Town in the Oroqen Autonomous Banner, Hulunbuir City, and is the birthplace of the Xianbei people. "Gaxian" means "the celestial being of hunters" in the Oroqen language. The Xianbei were one of the ancient ethnic minorities in northeastern China, who have lived in northern China for generations. It was the Tuoba Xianbei tribe residing in Gaxian Cave that founded...
Highlights: Gaxian Cave is a national first-class key cultural relic protection unit in China. It was the original dwelling place of the ancestors of the Tuoba Xianbei people. Gaxian Cave is a large natural rock cave. On the right side of the cave’s interior wall, there is a stone carving inscribed with a sacrificial text left by Tuoba Tao in 443 AD (the fourth year of the Taiping Zhenjun era during the Northern Wei Dynasty), sent by him to have his minister Li Chang conduct an ancestral worship ceremony here. …
Highlights: Historically, the Oroqen people used containers almost exclusively made of birch bark, but nowadays no one in the township is known to still use them. Introduction: Tuozamin Township is also called Tuohe, and has an alternative nickname: Hunters’ New Village. Tuohe is famous for being home to a relatively large population of relatively pure ethnic minorities...
Conical birch bark tent The traditional dwelling of the Oroqen people is the "conical birch bark tent." It is constructed from a conical frame made of over 30 wooden poles, covered with birch bark or reeds in summer and with roe deer hides in winter. Building one conical birch bark tent requires sixty to seventy roe deer hides. In summer, the entrance is hung with a door curtain woven from willow twigs, while in winter, it is covered with a door curtain made of roe deer or deer hide. In front of the "conical birch bark tent," drying racks made of tree trunks and willow twigs are set up to air meat jerky or wild vegetables. Small trees at the back have birch bark boxes hanging from them, inside which are enshrined spirit figurines.
Divine Finger Gorge Divine Finger Gorge is located in the lower reaches of the Bila River. The river valley stretches 70 kilometers in length, is 40 meters deep, and 800 meters wide. Two strikingly rugged and bizarre stone peaks can be seen from afar as if connected end to end, standing opposite each other, hence the name Twin Peaks Mountain. The two stone peaks are 200 meters apart and 40 meters high. The scenery looks different from far and near. The lower peak resembles...
Sifang Mountain Tianchi Sifang Mountain is located about 30 kilometers northwest of Nuomin Town in the Oroqen Autonomous Banner, south of the Bila River and west of the Nuomin River, atop a range of mountains at an elevation of 933 meters. The mountain top stretches over 500 meters from east to west and more than 300 meters from north to south, formed by volcanic eruptions. On the mountain there is a natural lake formed by the accumulation of spring water and rainfall—...
Darbin Lake is located in the middle and upper reaches of the Nen River and Bila River basins in Oroqen Autonomous Banner, on the southern slope of the eastern foothills of the Greater Khingan Mountains. It is under the jurisdiction of the Bila River Forestry Bureau of the Inner Mongolia Greater Khingan Mountains Forestry Administration. The park can be accessed by gravel roads and regular vehicles. The park covers an area of 22,081 hectares, with a forest coverage rate of 75.3%…
The Oroqen Ethnic Museum is located in the central area of Alihe Town, covering a construction area of over 2,800 square meters. It consists of the Oroqen Ethnic Museum, the 50th Anniversary Achievement Exhibition Hall of the Oroqen Autonomous Banner, and the Xianbei Ethnic Museum. Inside the Oroqen Ethnic Museum, it is divided into sections on hunters, extractive economy, traditional crafts,…
Kuturqi Square The name “Kuturqi” means “a blessed place” or “a land of good fortune” in the Oroqen language. Construction of Kuturqi Square began in July 2006, covering an area of 153,600 square meters. The square features five relief walls designed in the style of Oroqen “Xianrenzhu” (spiritual column dwellings), as well as nine totem poles carved with patterns of deities such as the snake god, wind god, and eagle god...
The Busuli Military Base is located in a mountain valley along a tributary of the Ganhe River in the Greater Khingan Mountains. Its military unit number was 81932, with the code name 607, covering an area of 23.4 square kilometers, and it was under the jurisdiction of the Shenyang Military Region. In 1967, in accordance with... deployment, to guard against a potential war, the...
The Busuli Villa Tourist Area is located in a mountain valley along a tributary of the Ganhe River in the Greater Khingan Mountains. Originally known as the Gaxian Valley Military Base, it was the largest comprehensive logistical military base in Northeast China. In 1999, the military withdrew from the base and handed it over to local management. Due to the region's typical cold-temperate continental climate, the vegetation is mainly dominated by larch...
The Yimin River originates from the northern foothills of Mushroom Mountain in the Greater Khingan Range, flowing from south to north. It runs through the entire territory of the Ewenki Autonomous Banner, passes through downtown Hailar, and joins the Hailar River at the northern foot of the mountains near Hailar City. The river is 390 kilometers long, with a drainage area of 22,725 square kilometers. This river basin lies in the southeastern part of the Hulunbuir Grassland, in the transitional zone from mountainous terrain to grassland. Most tributaries are distributed on the right bank, with major ones from upstream to downstream including the Weina River, Weizikeng River, and Xini River. The upper reaches of the Yimin River are mountainous forested areas, with the river being 20–50 meters wide. The area is densely forested and is the homeland of the rare evergreen tree species, the Korean pine. Below Honghua’erji, the river enters a hilly and grassland region, widening to 50–80 meters. On the right bank of the middle reaches lies the famous Weina River Mineral Spring Sanatorium, while on the left bank is the Bayan Hushuo Obo Mountain Grassland Ethnic Culture Tourist Area, an important grassland tourism destination in Hulunbuir.
“Busuli” means “dense forest” in the Oroqen language. The tourism area was originally the Gaxian Valley Military Base, covering an area of 30 square kilometers. At that time, over a thousand soldiers worked for more than 30 years, investing 3 billion RMB to construct China’s largest military base in the northern frontier. Busuli is now a national AAAA-level tourist attraction, known for...
Tuoba Xianbei Ethnic Culture Park is located in Gaxian Valley Forest Farm, Oroqen Autonomous Banner, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The park covers an area of 15,819 hectares and is 10 kilometers from Alihe Town. In 2002, it was rated as a National AA-level tourist attraction. In 2006, the Civilization Office of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the Tourism Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region awarded it...
The most beautiful primeval forest – Xiangsigu Primitive Forest Scenic Area. Xiangsigu Primitive Forest Scenic Area is an important part of Alihe National Forest Park, located 43 kilometers from Alihe Town. The scenic area covers a planned area of 10.75 square kilometers and contains over 600 hectares of the only remaining primeval forest belt in the Alihe forest region. Major attractions include: (…
Named after the mountain itself, Molidaowa Mountain is located in Kuruchi Township in the northern mountainous region of the autonomous banner, 90 kilometers from the banner seat, Nierji Town. The main highway from Nierji to Nuomin Town in the Oroqen Autonomous Banner cuts through the mountains at the foot of the peak, offering convenient transportation. With an elevation of 455 meters, Molidaowa Mountain stands majestically on the left bank of the torrential Nuomin River...
The Oroqen Hunter Tribe is located in the Oroqen Ethnic Township, about 32 kilometers northwest of Zhalantun City. Due to the tribe’s distinctive customs, the Oroqen people originally made a living through hunting and gathering. The banks of the Yalu River are teeming with wildlife, and the mountainous areas on the southern bank often see wild animals roaming. As a result, the Oroqen hunters built many...