[2024 Chifeng Attraction] Travel Guide for Hongshan National Forest Park (Updated Sep)
No.6 of Fall Viewing Attractions in Chifeng
Mountains
Forests
Address:
Hongshan, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China
Opening times:
Opens at 08:00-17:00(Admission ends at 16:00)Open
Recommended sightseeing time:
0.5-1 day
The beautiful Red Mountain in Chifeng.
Red Mountain in Chifeng is located in the northeast corner of the Red Mountain District of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. Red Mountain in Mongolian is "Ulan Hada", where Ulan means red and Hada means mountain peak. The name Chifeng also comes from "Ulan Hada". The Red Mountain culture is named after the Red Mountain in Chifeng City.
The Red Mountain culture originated in the southwest of the Northeast. It started five or six thousand years ago and was distributed in the Rehe area in the west of the Northeast, from the central and southern parts of Inner Mongolia to the north, to the north of Hebei in the south, and to the west of Liaoning in the east, and the upper reaches of the Xilamulun River and the Laohe River in the Liaohe River Basin. There are densely distributed Red Mountain cultural sites in the territory of Aohan Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, which is considered to be the core area where the upper social rulers lived during the Red Mountain culture period, witnessing the entire process of the Red Mountain culture's gestation, formation, development and evolution. The earliest discovery of the Red Mountain culture remains was in 1921. In 1935, the site behind Red Mountain in the eastern suburbs of Chifeng was excavated, and the name of the Red Mountain culture was proposed in 1954. Since the 1970s, large-scale archaeological surveys have been carried out in the Zhaowudameng (now Chifeng City) and Chaoyang areas in the northwest of Liaoxi, and nearly a thousand sites have been discovered. Large-scale excavations have been carried out on the site groups of Lingyuan and Kazuo Dongshanzui in Jianping Niuhe Liang in the Songling Mountains and Nuluerhu Mountain, bringing the study of the Red Mountain culture into a new stage.
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Chifeng - Xilingol - Hulunbuir
Day1 Chifeng (Museum and Hongshan National Forest Park)
Completed in July 1987 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the Chifeng Museum officially opened on July 1 of the same year. Most of the cultural relics in the Chifeng Museum are archaeological discoveries, some are collected, and a small number are donated. 🌿As of the end of 2019, the Chifeng Museum has a total of 83,223 pieces/sets of collections, of which 1,390 pieces/sets are precious cultural relics. The important collections of the Chifeng Museum include the Hongshan Culture Hook Cloud Jade Pendant and the Qing Rongxian Princess Pearl Group Dragon Robe.
The Inner Mongolia Hongshan National Forest Park 🌴 covers an area of 7,700 acres, with the highest peak at 742 meters above sea level. It has six scenic areas: Mulan Shrine Scenic Area, Yulong Mountain Villa Scenic Area, Hongshan Lansheng Area, Folk Scenic Area, Stele Gallery Pavilion Scenic Area, and Forest Function Area; Maitreya Buddha, Kao Mountain Buddha, General Stone, Double Lion Picture, Golden Toad Moon, One Line Sky and other natural mountain and stone attractions; ☘️"Buddha Pavilion", "Inviting Moon Pavilion", "Listening Wind Pavilion", "Dragon Saliva Pool", "Stele Gallery Pavilion Combination", "Ancestor Village" and other artificial attractions
Day2-3 🌳Xilingol
Xilingol Grassland is located in the Xilingol League in the central and eastern part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The grassland covers an area of 179,600 square kilometers, with excellent forage accounting for 50% of the grass group. It is a rich pasture, 🍀is an important ecological barrier in North China, and is the nearest grassland pasture to the capital Beijing. There is the Xilingol National Grassland Nature Reserve, which is included in the International Biosphere Monitoring System by UNESCO. 🌵 It is one of the four major grasslands in China.
The Xilingol Grassland is a grassland with complex types, well-preserved, rich in biodiversity, representative and typical in temperate grasslands, and is an important ecological barrier for the Beijing-Tianjin region and northern China.
There are many horse riding 🌷, archery, farm stays and other recreational areas nearby. 🎍