Wuzhumuqin grassland

Wuzhumuqin grassland

Wuzhumuqin grassland is a typical temperate grassland located in the northeast of Xilinguole League, Inner Mongolia, with a total area of more than 70000 square kilometers, much larger than the total area of Hainan Province. Wuzhumuqin has been designated as "national key ecological function area", including Dongwu banner and Xiwu banner. Specialty is the famous fat tail sheep, Ujimqin horse.

brief introduction

Wuzhumuqin grassland includes two banners, East Wuzhumuqin and West Wuzhumuqin. Mandu Baolige in Dongwu banner is the place where the famous novel Wolf Totem takes place.

Historical evolution

In the 17th century, Wuzhumuqin tribe moved from Altay Mountain and settled in Wuzhumuqin grassland, which was divided into two banners: the left wing and the right wing.

The grassland ecological environment here is fragile, and it is mainly raised by the inland river WULAGAI water system.

In 1956, Dongwu banner (covering an area of 47000 square kilometers) and Xiwu banner (covering an area of 23000 square kilometers) were established.

At present, Ujimqin grassland is the only intact original ecological grassland in Inner Mongolia, which has been designated as the national key ecological function area by the end of 2016.

Geography and climate

Wuzhumuqin is a part of steppe in Mongolia. It is 800 kilometers north of Beijing. The average annual precipitation is about 300 mm and the average annual evaporation is about 2500 mm. The average annual temperature is - 1 ℃ to 5 ℃.

Characteristic industry

Both East Wuzhumuqin banner and West Wuzhumuqin banner are dominated by animal husbandry. There are several types of grassland, such as mountain meadow grassland, low mountain and hill meadow grassland, semi desert grassland, river flood Lake Basin meadow grassland and so on. There are a large amount of mineral resources, mainly coal, iron, lead, marble, fluorite and so on. There are more than 200 kinds of medicinal materials, such as Radix Astragali and Anemarrhenae, and more than 10 kinds of rare birds and animals, such as bailing, swan, pheasant, roe deer, deer, yellow sheep, Marmota, etc.

Natural grassland with abundant water and grass, hardworking and intelligent Mongolian herdsmen, together with modern breeding methods, have selected and bred improved breeds of livestock suitable for the growth and reproduction of ujmuqin grassland, such as ujmuqin sheep, ujmuqin white cashmere goat, ujmuqin cattle and ujmuqin horse, among which ujmuqin sheep, ujmuqin White Cashmere Goat and cashmere products are the first batch of famous brand livestock products in Inner Mongolia.

Traffic information

Wuzhumuqin grassland is very large. It is suggested to rent a car from Xilinhot City. The scenery along the way is also very beautiful. You can drive all the way to the border between China and Mongolia, where you can really enjoy the beautiful scenery of "cattle and sheep in the wind and grass".

Address: Northeast Xilin Gol League

Longitude: 117.5634098053

Latitude: 44.7557859346

Ticket information: market price: 25.0 yuan