Other civilization and historical heritages
(a) Mandela stone implements (b) Mandela ancient human relics
Unearthed Stone Tools of Badain Jaran
Relics of ancient human
As early as tens of thousands of years ago, there are human activities in Alxa, the ancient human site found in mount Mandela in the Alxa Youqi is piled up by granite, it is nearly circular, with a diameter of about 2～4m. There is an engraved rocking painting in packing rock blocks and a large number of stone implements, including tip-like tool, chopping tool, pie shape tool, planning tool and so on. In 1993, the Sino-Geman Union investigated Badain Jaran Desert comprehensively, finding ostrich eggs and dinosaur fossils, a large number of neolithic and paleolithic have been found in the surrounding of lake in the hinterland of the desert. Through the archaeological analysis, it proved that in 3000-5000 years ago, there were remains of human activities here.
Rock Paintings
The ancient nomadic people engraved and grinded thousands of beautiful and moving rock paintings in the black rock in Mt. Mandela. The wonderful animal figures are :Goat, argali, blue sheep, ibex, camel, horse, cow, donkey, mule, big feet deer, wolf, hunting dog, tiger, leopard, fox, tortoise, bird etc. Besides of this, the most elegant is large scale enclosed and ambushed hunting, riding, go for the war, bow and arrow, physical fight and travel, put to pasture, village, men and women coition, Western xia writing, religious activity, totem, etc. Enjoying the fascinating and incomparable rock paintings, you will enter that mystery, faraway world and you will also image the scene of ancient life meanwhile you may understand the ancients psycho sphere.
Badain Jaran Temple is one of the eight oldest temples in Alxa, it is the only Buddhism temple that located in desert in China. It was built in 1791(56 years in Emperor Qian Long) and covers an area roughly 3826.4m2.There are many votaries together here and they often do some religious ceremonies, mainly including supplication hoxe, nyima metting and light exhibition hoex, etc.The temple is magnificent, solemn, elegant and beautiful, so it was called “Imperial Palace in Desert”.
Badain Jaran Temple
Black City Ruin covered by yellow sand
Ancient pagoda of Black City
The Black City Ruin is on the east bank of Weak-water River, with a length of 470m from east to west and a width of 384m from north to south. The whole area is 180,500m2. An 12m high upside-down bowl type Buddhist pagoda stands in the northwest corner, which is considered to be the symbol of Black City. The arrangement of the building group is in good order in the city. In 1372, the Ming dynasty’s solicit west general Feng Sheng broke through Black City, and then it gave up this area, Black City has been sleeping for centuries in the dusted history since then.
Red City Ruin
Red City is city of the frontier fortress of Juyan. A group of beacons are arranged here and extent in line. With a width of 22m and a length of 23m , the figure of Red City approaches to a square. The whole city, from top to bottom, is built with adobe. The door of the enceinte is in the east corner of the south wall of the city, build with short battlement. Red City is one of the best preserved architecture site of Han dynasty in Juyan area.
Buddihist pagoda of Green City
Green City Ruin belongs to the large-scale complex sites. It is the most centralized architectural community relic in Western Xia dynasty that have been found in the Ejina Banner. Within the range of 10 kilometers, there are many cities, residence, temples, pagoda, earth fortress, porcelain kiln, mausoleum, complex of tombs, mita district and military defensive facilities, etc. The relic of green temple adjoins with the city has a large area and reasonable layout. There has been disentombed more than 10 clay sculptures of Buddha and many Western Xia volumes.
Alxa Museum (Alaxa Tansion)
It was the mansion and dwelling of peers in past dynasties of Alxa . The architectrual complex style are resemble to the courtyard house with four walls in Ming, Qing period and garden architecture of Summer Palace in BEjinng, so it has the name of “little BEjinng”. The museum has set up several exhibit rooms, which showing the historical development, national customs and cultural relics, etc. Through the museum, people can understand the history, cluture and national customs of Alxa, it is the window of knowing the Alxa from all directions
South Temple
South temple is located in the Barunbieli town of Alxa Zuoqi, with an area about 9.4km2. In the temple, there are a lot of rare Buddhas, sutras and relics and arts of Buddhism. Green mountain forest, precipitous peak andvalley, vast grassland, sacred temple are consist of a peaceful, refreshing saintly nature landscape.
Dongfeng Space Center
Dongfeng Spaceflight city, built on October 20th, 1958, is the earliest and largest satellite launch center in our country. It is the only manned spaceflight launching site, and is also one of the largeest spaceflight launching site in the world . “The light of silvery lotus”, lies in the center street garden, which like a soon blooming lotus, is becoming the sign of the city. All kinds of high transmission towers, the spaceflight exhibition center witness the history and the solemn and quiet cemetery of revolutionary martyrs consist of the wonderful landscape in the boundless gobi.
Ceke Port
Ceke Pork,60km away from Dalaikubu town, corresponding with the Mongolia Xibokulun pork. It was opened as the secondary seasonal land pork, which authorized by Inner Mongolia Autonomous government in 1992. The new pork was open in September 1st, 2004, and became an important land route passway to Mongolia.
