Chapter 40 Attractions in Mongolia

Zhao Hong sent Zhou Sen back to the hotel, let Zhou Sen have a good rest, the next day, Zhao Hong drove to pick up Zhou Sen again, Zhou Sen got into the car, the car drove forward, Zhou Sen looked at the scenery outside the car window, and chatted with Zhao Hong.

Zhao Hong said: "As a landlocked country, Mongolia has only two neighbors, China and Russia, and its geographical location determines the convenience of developing economic and trade relations with China and Russia. ”

"They have realized that in order to revitalize the economy, they must give full play to their comparative advantages, expand economic growth points, get rid of heavy dependence on mining, and develop related industries for China's large market, such as cashmere, dairy, beef and mutton processing industry and tourism. ”

"In recent years, they have taken measures to improve the investment environment, which is good news for Chinese companies participating in the Belt and Road projects in Mongolia, and we look forward to more Belt and Road projects taking root in Mongolia for the benefit of the people of the two countries." ”

Zhao Hong first took Zhou Sen to Genghis Khan Square, Genghis Khan Square is located in the center of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is the most prosperous place in Mongolia, formerly known as Sukhbaatar Square, there is a Sukhbaatar monument in the center of the square, it is one of the only two Sukhbaatar statues in Ulaanbaatar, every major festival and celebration, Mongolians will hold ceremonies in this square.

Zhou Sen took the interview team, and the cameraman's lens recorded that the equestrian statue of Sukhbaatar attracted the attention of the cameraman and gave a close-up, the east side of the square is the National Classical Art Theater, the Central Cultural Palace, and the west side is the Ulaanbaatar City Government, the Central Post Office and other buildings.

In addition to the original Sukhbaatar monument in the center of the square, a row of large columns commemorating Genghis Khan, Ogedei and Kublai Khan were erected in front of the National Palace on the north side of the square.

Zhao Hong said: "Every year on New Year's Eve, there will be large-scale fireworks and concerts in Genghis Khan Square, and tens of thousands of people will celebrate the New Year's Eve in the square, which is particularly lively. ”

Zhao Hong took Zhou Sen to the largest temple in Mongolia Ganden Monastery, located in the center of Ulaanbaatar, the predecessor of Ulaanbaatar City, the Great Kulun is the Ganden Monastery on the basis of the gradual development of the town, the most eye-catching in the temple is the Zhang Ranze Buddha, this Buddha is 28 meters high, the whole body is gilded, inlaid with a large number of precious stones.

"If you want to know the history of a country, it is best to go to the history museum, and I will take you to the Mongolian National Museum of Natural History, which is different from the style of Russian museums. Zhao Hong said.

"Okay, I'd love to check it out!"

The National Museum of Natural History of Mongolia has three floors, the first floor includes Mongolian Stone Age sites and rock carvings, the second floor houses a large collection of ethnic costumes, and the third floor concentrates on the representative collection of Mongolian nomadic culture.

The most distinctive is the fossil exhibition hall on the second floor, with a two-story Tyrannosaurus fossil in the center, and a number of local dinosaur fossils unearthed in the Gebi Desert next to it.

In addition, the exhibition hall on the second floor also displays Mongolia's agricultural production, Mongolian costumes, jewelry and other exhibits, as well as the daily necessities of the ancient Mongolians, and introduces some ancient countries on the Mongolian plateau, such as the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan, Turkic, Xiongnu and Uighur Khanates, and other tombs and other historical sites.

"I'll take you to see the mother river of Mongolia, the Tula River, which originates in the Kent Mountains, the hometown of Genghis Khan, and is about 700 kilometers long. It is a tributary of the Orkhon River and flows into Lake Baikal via the Selenga River. ”

When Zhou Sen rushed to the Tula River with the interview team, Zhou Sen was surprised by what he saw, and some sections of the Tula River were cut off.

"What's going on?" Zhou Sen asked, puzzled.

Zhao Hong sighed, "There are many reasons for this phenomenon, one is the intensification of global warming, drought and desertification, and the other is that in recent years, some enterprises and a large number of residential buildings have been built in the upper reaches of the Tula River and along the coast for dozens of kilometers, and the phenomenon of indiscriminate deforestation caused by construction and winter heating is serious, the vegetation has been drastically reduced, and the deterioration of the natural environment and man-made damage have reduced the water flow of the Tula River year by year. ”

Zhou Sen was very emotional, "We must protect well, water resources are very precious, human beings should think about how to live in harmony with nature, while developing human civilization, we must also take into account the protection of the natural environment, if the river is not protected, desertification, drought process intensify, people will not be able to survive." ”

"Yes, the protection of the natural environment is also very important, and human beings must pay attention to it!"

Zhao Hong took Zhou Sen to visit the Bogda Khan Winter Palace, this palace is located in the southern suburbs of Ulaanbaatar, built at the foot of the Bogdor Khan Mountain, on the bank of the Tula River, close to the mountains and rivers, the flat terrain of the river, is the last Mongolian king Bogda Khan lived in the winter palace, belongs to the Sino-Tibetan palace architecture.

The vestibule square of the Bogdor Khan's Palace, located in the south of the central axis, is a large wall of brick carving refined, the brick carving of the center of the wall is carved with the relief of seawater reef and two dragons playing with pearls, the wall walls on both sides and the main wall are obliquely retracted inward to form a figure-of-eight arrangement, the center of the pool is not decorated, and the overall blue bricks are built.

Between the wall and the palace gate of the first road, there is a four-pillar three-floor vertical pillar without a bucket arch big wooden mountain style archway, the bright room has a built-in blue-bottom gold-lettered plaque, and the four words of Mongolian, Han, Manchurian and Tibetan are written on it, "Le Shan is good at giving".

Inside, there are gorgeous costumes and daily necessities of Mongolian princes and nobles, as well as precious gifts from the kings and nobles of neighboring countries to the living Buddha.

A face wide nine halls, its front and two mountains are placed in the corridor belongs to the big wooden bucket arch hard mountain structure, this is the big hall of Jebu Zun Danba Hu Tuktu, the roof is placed in the middle of the two-storey building of a wide three Zhou Shi corridor, it belongs to the big Mu Xieshan type structure, but in the center of the two-story roof ridge is placed a rest mountain type square pavilion.

This way of building makes Zhou Sen feel very familiar, Mongolia still has some historical ties with China, and Mongolian architecture has also been influenced by Manchu and Han cultures, which has integrated the decoration cultural connotation of the Mongolian and Tibetan people.

The Gobi Desert is the northernmost desert in the world, and although the Gobi Desert means a place without water in Mongolian, the harsh natural conditions have become the murderer of life, but the pristine and rugged beauty has also attracted countless travelers to venture into it.

Zhao Hong found a local herdsman as a tour guide and took everyone to experience the Gobi Desert up close and feel the different exotic customs.

"Lao Zhao, the Gobi Desert, I'm really a little scared, inaccessible, drought and little rain, this place is really not a place for people to stay. ”

"It's okay, I hired a very experienced local herder as a tour guide, and it won't be life-threatening. ”

"What's the name of this tour guide? Lao Zhao, tell me about it!"

"My name is Wuri Tanashun, 32 years old, my family has been herding for a living for generations, I often take tourists to Saiyin Mountain to travel to the Gobi Desert, rest assured, with me leading the way, I will not lose my way!"

"Come with me, let's start the journey, the Gobi's extraordinary appeal extends mainly to the minerals, especially the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine, one of the world's largest copper-gold mines, where many gold prospectors come in search of gold. ”

Go further, you can see the breeding of small-scale goats and camel herds, Zhou Sen looked around, the surrounding emptiness, the daunting emptiness and loneliness of the Gobi, surrounded Zhou Sen tightly, came here both nervous, but also felt very excited, used to see others go on foot to adventure, now Zhou Sen himself can also feel it up close, the camera brother carried the camera, and filmed all this.

"The temperature difference between day and night in the Gobi Desert is large, the day is very hot, and the night is very cold, so those who dare to venture to the Gobi Desert have superhuman willpower. ”

"If you are tired of hiking, it is best to drive an off-road vehicle, as a means of transportation, so that you will not be tired, hungry and thirsty, Mr. Zhao prepared dry food and water for us in advance, and also prepared a spare tire, if the off-road vehicle breaks down here, there is really nothing to be done. ”

Zhao Hong smiled, "If you want to come here, you must make full preparations in advance, the biggest feeling of coming to the Gobi Desert is the endless Gobi Desert, which looks very barren, sparsely populated, there are cattle, sheep, camels nearby, and then go deeper, only the Gobi and the desert remain, it is not easy to cross the desert, for thousands of years, how many people have entered, there is only a pile of white bones left, and the power of human beings is much greater than that of nature." ”

Zhou Sen also sighed, "I asked the camera brother to shoot it, and it is very good to do a public welfare program to save water and protect water resources after returning to China, so that people can cherish their happy life even more." ”