Out of Norm Travels - 2015 - China: Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (内蒙古)
My photo-adventure tour for 2015 was to this seriously exotic location which is synonymous with Genghis Khan.
The Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 内蒙古; pinyin: Nèi Měnggǔ), officially Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region or Nei Mongol Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China.
Located in the north of the country, it contains most of China's border with Mongolia with a small section of the border with Russia, its capital is Hohhot, with Baotou, Chifeng, and Ordos as its other major cities. (above info extracted from Wikipedia)
With almost one-third of China's grasslands stretching some 1,490 miles (2,400 km) across northern China, it has the bucket of rolling hills as far as the eye can see. Large areas of rich grassland provides pasture for sheep, goats, cattle, and the famous Mongolian horses and Bactrian camels, another animal from ancient times that has 2 humps on its back that is native to this region. The Mongolian horses take a special place in this area as its lineage has purportedly been unchanged since the times of Genghis Khan and they are best known for their roles as war steeds of Genghis Khan. A Mongol soldier is known to have relied on his horses to provide him with food, drink, transportation, armor, shoes, ornamentation, bowstring, rope, fire, sport, music, hunting, entertainment, spiritual power, and in case of his death, a mount to ride in the afterlife. Mongol horses made excellent warhorses because of their hardiness, stamina, self-sufficiency and ability to forage on their own.
Here are 3 photos showing my adventures in this land:
The Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 内蒙古; pinyin: Nèi Měnggǔ), officially Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region or Nei Mongol Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China.
Located in the north of the country, it contains most of China's border with Mongolia with a small section of the border with Russia, its capital is Hohhot, with Baotou, Chifeng, and Ordos as its other major cities. (above info extracted from Wikipedia)
Map from http://www.chinahighlights.com/inner-mongolia/map.htm
With almost one-third of China's grasslands stretching some 1,490 miles (2,400 km) across northern China, it has the bucket of rolling hills as far as the eye can see. Large areas of rich grassland provides pasture for sheep, goats, cattle, and the famous Mongolian horses and Bactrian camels, another animal from ancient times that has 2 humps on its back that is native to this region. The Mongolian horses take a special place in this area as its lineage has purportedly been unchanged since the times of Genghis Khan and they are best known for their roles as war steeds of Genghis Khan. A Mongol soldier is known to have relied on his horses to provide him with food, drink, transportation, armor, shoes, ornamentation, bowstring, rope, fire, sport, music, hunting, entertainment, spiritual power, and in case of his death, a mount to ride in the afterlife. Mongol horses made excellent warhorses because of their hardiness, stamina, self-sufficiency and ability to forage on their own.
Here are 3 photos showing my adventures in this land:
till the next time, onto the world and beyond!
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