Get Close To The Nature-Hulun Buir Grassland

Hulun Buir Grassland, located in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is found to the west of Great Khingan and famous for the Hulun Nur and Buir Nur areas. The terrain is high in the east and lower in the west, the elevation is 650-700 meters and total area is about 93,000 square meters. The annual average temperature is about 0℃, frost-free period is 85-155 days, and annual precipitation is about 250-350 millimeters. Here the locals grow spring wheat, potatoes, and a small quantity of vegetables.

The floodlands grow meadows with plump grass yielding 200-300 kg per acre. This traditional grazing land, which is suited for raising cattle, sheep and horses is famous for Sanhe cattle and horses. Since 1958, a number of large mechanized state farms have been continuously established to engage in agricultural reclamation. Some of the naturally occurring phenomena include: large sandlots in the central and south of Hulun Buir Grassland, precious forest resources due to unique steppification and the Mongolian pine forests. To meet transportation needs, the Binzhou Railway goes across the grassland.

East Hulun Buir Grassland is adorned with hundreds of silver chains and numerous pearls. The rivers and lakes originating from the Greater Xing’an Mountain that ranges across eastern Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang Province. Rivers in Hulun Buir share one feature. They all dash down the mountains when they get to the flat terrain; they become mild and take their time meandering through the meadows.

The Mergel Gol River is said to have 'the most bends on earth', but the Yimin River, which runs from Ewenki Banner into the city of Hailar, has even more bends. Yimin River forms a pattern of tortuous ribbons. The flat terrain enables the rivers to linger on as long as they wish, nurturing the land on both banks and supporting the numerous flocks and herds of Hulun Buir.

The Hulun Nur (Nur means lake in Monglian), on the Orxon Gol River, is the fifth largest freshwater lake in China. Covering 2,339 sq kilometers, the lake is also referred to by the Mongols as a 'Dalai' (sea). Also on the Orxon Gol River but upstream in the south is Buir Nur, the boundary lake between China and Mongolia. When spring comes, shoals of fish in the Buir Nur will swim downstream along the Orxon Gol River to lay their eggs in the Hulun Nur. Between the two lakes is the Dalai Lake Nature Reserve.

Situated near Hulun Buir City, this land is one of the world's three top grasslands - experts all tend to agree that there is none better than it though. It is the lifeblood of Mongolia and is the primary cattle-producing area in ae country famous for its livestock quality. There are also thousands of large and small lakes within the border of Inner Mongolia. The grassland itself is a boundless prairie full of vast green waves. When a gentle breeze stirs the grassland, sheep flocks interspersed as the passing cloud and flying catkins venture on their way... The landscape is so beautiful and the carefree feeling that accompanies you as you visit here is like nothing else in China.

Hulun Buir Grassland is famous for the following three reasons: first is the legend surrounding former mogul Genghis Khan. Secondly is the fact that grass yielded from the high-quality meadow always fetches a good price in Southeast Asia and thirdly, the Sanhe Horses and Sanhe Cattle are famous world-wide.