Chifeng Travel Guide

  Basic information Area code: 0476 Travel complaints: 0476-8830833 Travel information Chifeng City, the temperature difference between morning and evening is relatively large, it is best to bring some long-sleeved clothing. The local terrain is dominated by deserts, grasslands, etc. […]

 

Basic information

Area code: 0476
Travel complaints: 0476-8830833

Travel information

• Chifeng City, the temperature difference between morning and evening is relatively large, it is best to bring some long-sleeved clothing.
• The local terrain is dominated by deserts, grasslands, etc. The sunshine is strong. Traveling here must be done with sunscreens.
• Respect the living habits of local ethnic minorities.

 

Destination Overview

 

Destination sketch

Chifeng is a dynamic city in the southeastern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at the convergence of Inner Mongolia, Liaoning and Hebei. Its southern extremity is 315 kilometers (196 miles) from downtown Beijing Municipality.

Local Life

Traditional Mongolians live in yurts. The yurt is a round pointed house made of wool felt, divided into mobile and fixed type. The yurts in pastoral areas are mostly mobile. The rich family may have several yurts, some old yurts used as warehouse.

Beliefs and taboos

The ritual activities of the Mongolian people have the characteristics of the northern nationalities. The worship of nature is deeply in their religious. Sacrifice activities mainly include sacrificial bags and offerings.

Culture

 

Hongshan Culture

Hongshan culture was named for its first discovery in Hongshan, Chifeng. The social form of Hongshan culture is matriarchal clan society. The main social structure is a tribal group that is linked to female blood groups. The economic shape is dominated by agriculture, and animal husbandry, fishing, and hunting coexist.

Best Travel season

The best times to visit Chifeng are from June to September.

Currency and Consumption

Consumption level

The consumption level of Chifeng is not high. The price of a three-star hotel staying at one night is about 150 yuan. The main cost of travel is the attraction ticket. The cost of two people playing for three days is about 900 yuan.

UnionPay ATM

You can find outlets of major banks and ATMs in Chifeng city。

Practical information

Chifeng Tourism Bureau
Address: Block D, Dangzheng Comprehensive Building, Xincheng District, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia
Tel: 0476-8820162
Www.cfly.net

Intercity traffic

 

Aircraft

Chifeng Yulong Airport,CIF
Address: southwest of Chifeng city suburban area, 5 kilometers from the urban area
Tel: 0476-8333956
Ticket Office Tel: 0476-8333188
Arriving and leaving the airport
Airport bus
From the train station to the Yulong Airport, there are shuttle buses to and from Chifeng Hotel, Coach Station, and the municipal government. The fare is RMB 10.
bus
From the terminal building to the bus station, there is a distance. After the arrival hall, 1 km away, you can reach the bus station. You can reach the urban area by 33 roads and the fare is 6 yuan.
Airport taxi
The starting price for taxis in Chifeng is 5 yuan/3 kilometers, and the cost for the airport to the city center is about 50 yuan.

Train

Chifeng Railway Station
Address: Zhaowuda Road Interchange, Zhanqian Street
Arrival method: Bus 1, 7, 10, 21, 33, 35, 36, 37 and other routes can be reached
Tel: 0476-2222222

Long Distance Bus

Chifeng Coach Station
Address: No.52, Songshan Street, Songshan District, Chifeng City
Arrival method: Bus 5,6,17,18,21,33,35,36 and other roads can be reached: 0476-8426599,8334251

Bus

There are many bus lines in Chifeng City, and the transportation is very convenient. The fares is 1 yuan of a single tour, and there are some tourist bus lines.

Taxi

The taxi starting price in Chifeng City is 5 yuan and 3 kilometers. From 22:00 pm to 5:00 the next day, the starting price is 5.5 yuan/3 km.

Attractions

 

Hongshan national forest park

Hongshan is not only pleasant in scenery, but is also famous for its “Hongshan Culture”, a typical cultural site in the Neolithic Age. Hongshan National Forest Park is the first national forest park in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The park covers an area of ​​4,300 hectares and governs Hongshan Forest Scenic Area, Nanshan Mountain Scenic Area, Beishan Science and Technology Development Area, and Xishan Hunting Area.
Address: Yingjin River, northeast of downtown Chifeng
Arrival method: Take Bus No. 1 to the botanical garden, walk north for 5 minutes to the park Xiaonanmen
Tel: 0476-8660293, 8661172

Huanggangliang National Forest Park

Huanggangliang National Forest Park is located at the foot of Huanggang Peak, the main peak of Daxing’anling, and Huanggangliang is 2034 meters above sea level. It is the highest peak of Daxing’anling. Huanggangliang preserves the most complete form of the glaciers of the fourth season, and is of various types. It is a typical valley glaciers.
Address: 80 kilometers northeast of Jingpeng Town, Chifeng City, located at the foot of Huanggang Peak, the main peak of Daxinganling Mountain
Tel: 0476-5175533

Darinor Nature Reserve

The Darinor Nature Reserve has a diverse ecosystem and a wealth of rare species animals. It is a comprehensive nature reserve that focuses on the protection of rare birds and integrates grasslands, lakes, sand and forests. The Darinor Nature Reserve is an important wetland in China and is listed as China’s three largest Swan Lakes, along the banks of Boyang Lake in Jiangxi Province and Bayinbrook Lake in Xinjiang. Darinor means “a wide and beautiful lake like the sea”
Address: 90 km northwest of Jingpeng Town, Chifeng City
Arrival method: Take a train from Jingpreng Town to Darinor, there is a bus every day at 12:30, more than one hour by car, fare is 12 yuan; there is also a direct shuttle to Darinor from Chifeng, starting at 9:30 every day, about 6 Hours to Darinor.

Saihanwula Nature Reserve

The protected area is located in the northern part of Bahrain Right Banner, 115 kilometers away from Daban Town. It is a comprehensive mountain nature reserve with forests, grasslands, wetlands and other diverse ecosystems and rare and endangered wild animals and plants. In September 2001, it was approved as a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO.
Address: North of Bahrain Right Banner, Chifeng City, 115 km away from Daban Town
Arrival method: chartered, about 4 hours past Bahrainyou

Arshihaty (Asihatu) Stone Forest

The stone forest is classified as a geo-park, where quaternary glacial relics have been carved by the wind and sand over millions of years. Like an ancient castle, the stone forest is set in the vast grassland backing onto spacious a birch forest.
Address: North of Keshiketengqi, Chifeng City, 40km north of Huanggang Peak, the highest peak of Daxing’anling
Arrival method: From Hexie Township or Linxi County in Hexie Township, take CMB to Tianheyuan Township and take the local agricultural tricycle.
Tickets: 150 yuan

Religious architecture

 

Huifu Temple

In the Qing Dynasty palace-style temple buildings in Chifeng, the Huifu Temple in Daban Town, Bahrain Right Banner is the most complete and spectacular. Huifu Temple, commonly known as the Dongda Temple, is a temple in the Qing Dynasty that incorporated the architectural arts of Han, Mongolia and Tibet.
Address: Bayaner deng Sumu (currently Ba Yan Han Town), Balinyou County, Chifeng City
Arrival method: Behind the Baixing Shopping Mall in Daban Town. Take the Daban Town Coach Station, go west to the crossroads, and follow the Bahrain Road to the south. Walking past is very convenient.
Opening hours: 8:00-12:00, 14:00-18:00
Tickets: 5 yuan

Liao Qing mausoleum

A large number of paintings are painted on the walls of the mausoleum. The Dongling frescoes are particularly spectacular. There are Khitan characters, Khitan architectural decoration patterns, and the Khitan favorite Four Seasons landscape paintings, which show the closely related scenes of the Khitan people’s lives.
Address: Wallingulla Gorge, about 15 km north of the Suomu station in Bhar Right You Banner, Chifeng City
Arrival method: There is a shuttle bus from Daban Town to Sobo Rizhao Sumu every day at 10:00. More than two hours by car
Tickets: 10 yuan

White Tower in Liao Qing

White Tower in Liao Qing is 73.27 meters high, exquisitely sculpted and exquisitely embossed. The tower relief embodies shows the religious ideas of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Shamanism. History academics claim that the relief of the White Pagoda Temple is “the essence of the Pagoda Art of the Liao Dynasty.”
Address: Somazobosin Town, Bahrain Youqi, Chifeng City, Chifeng City
Arrival method: Arrive at Sobo Ridder Town, and walk.

Silence Temple

According to historical records, the Khitans originally believed in Shamanism. After the establishment of the Liao Dynasty, they had close contacts with the Central Plains and Buddhism was gradually introduced into the Khitan region. The Temple of the Silence is the famous Khitan Cave Temple of the Liao Dynasty, known as the “Wutai in Grassland”.
Address: Taoshan Mountain, 15 km southwest of Lindong Township, Balinzuo County, Chifeng City
Arrival method: 20 kilometers from the Liao Shangjing site. 20 minutes by taxi, round-trip fare of about 50 yuan

Zhong Jing Site in Liao Dynasty

The layout of Zhongjing City was modeled the Northern Song Dynasty capital Bianjing (now Kaifeng). The perimeter of the city wall is 15 kilometers and consists of outer city, inner city and imperial city.
Address: Tiejiangying Township, Daming Township, Ningcheng County, Karawang Banner, Chifeng City, 20 km away from Tianyi Town
Arrival method: Walk from Daming Town

Chifeng Museum

The Chifeng City Museum is located at the northern end of Hongshan Cultural Square. The architectural style reflects the perfect combination of the elegance of the Eastern classical architecture and the smooth and concise of modern architecture. The building has 6,800 square meters; it contains 10,000 pieces of cultural relics and thousands of books. The museum is divided into three exhibition areas: “Light of Civilization”, “Bronze Age” and “Prairie Empire”.
Address: No. 10 Fuhe Street, Chifeng City
Arrival method: Bus 37, 39 can reach
Opening hours: 9:00-11:30, 14:30-17:00 (closed on Sundays)
Tickets: Free, (Interpretation fee is additional, 60-120 yuan)
Tel: 0476-8255185

Grassland View

 

White Aobao

White Aobao Sandy Spruce National Nature Reserve has 36,000 mu of spruce. The spruce tree is considered by the local herders as a “sacred tree”, and it is known as the “sand wonder”, “biological gene bank”and “living fossil”. The White Aobao is one of the five largest monasteries in Yuan Dynasty. On May 13th of the Lunar New Year, the Mongolian herdsmen on the Gongger Grassland have come to worship, and the sacrificial activities are solemn and sacred.
Address: 70 kilometers northeast of Jingpeng Town, Chifeng City
Arrival method: There is a shuttle bus to the white tone bag at Jingpeng Bus Station.

Bronk Desert Tourist Resort

“Bronk” is a Mongolian language and it is the meaning of “Exotic Rocky Mountain”. The Bronck Desert Tourist Area is a comprehensive tourist attraction that integrates deserts, grasslands, strange mountains, rocks, lakes, and original secondary forests in the urban area of Chifeng.
Address: Wengniute Banner, Chifeng City
Arrival method: The scenic spot is 35 kilometers away from Wudan Town. The Bronker Resort has a one-day tourist bus from Chifeng. The tourists can take a bus from Chifeng; or from the chartered town of Wudan, about RMB 120 back and forth.

Wengniute Banner

Wengniu is the name of the Mongolian tribe, with the meaning of “divine.” Wengniute Banner has unique natural scenery, vast grasslands, unblemished deserts, and simple ethnic customs, which constitute a unique desert tourism scenic spot.
Address: Located in the middle of Chifeng, 90 kilometers away from downtown Chifeng
Arrival method: Shuttle bus from Chifeng to Wudan Town, fare 15 yuan
Tel: 0476-6322293

Itinerary

 

Classical Chifeng Three days tour

Day 1 Chifeng City Tour – Jingpeng Town
Day 2 Huanggangliang National Forest Park – Arshihaty (Asihatu) Stone Forest
Day 3 Zhenzi Mountain – Darinor Nature Reserve – Red Mountain Army Racecourse

Grassland and Forest Tour

Keshiketeng National Park – Arshihaty (Asihatu) Stone Forest – Huanggangliang National Park

Food

Pulled milk tofu
Folder (one kind of bacon meat)

Accommodation

The consumption level of Chifeng is not high. the price of one-night in three-star standard is 100-200 yuan.

Shopping

Balin Stone, tapestry, Longtoushan precious stone

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