http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardSELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 6374) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 3 Nov 2011 22:25:00 GMTdavidhttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/attraction/arshaan/The city of Arshaan, a word in Mongolian which means hot spring, is located at the Sino-Mongolia boundary. This area is famous for the four major grasslands that intersect on its grounds (including the famous Hulunbuir Grasslands in its east); as well, the towering Daxinganling stops here, it is a premier resource of snow and ice accumulation, and the worlds largest hot springs have gushed here for centuries. It can be said that Arshaan is a city in the arms of prairies. In the summer, starting ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5949) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCSun 31 Jan 2009 21:24:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/attraction/five-pagoda-temple/The Five-Pagoda Temple, also called Jingangzuo Sheli Baota (Precious Pagoda of the Buddhist Relics of the Diamond Throne), was formerly only one of a number of buildings belonging to the now all but destroyed Cideng Temple only the Five-Pagoda temple structure remains. The temple is a massive structure that looks more like a mausoleum with five, minaret-like pagodas atop it than a pagoda or a temple. The design of the Five-Pagoda Temple in Hohhot belongs, however, to the special diamond throne ...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 2657) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCSun 31 Jan 2009 19:33:00 GMThttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/attraction/the-great-mosque-of-hohhot/The Great Mosque, as the edifice is somewhat pretentiously called (it is a small building as far as mosques go), is located at the intersection of Zhongshan Lu and Tongdao Jie streets in the Hui district of Hohhot. The Hui, it will be remembered, are a Chinese ethnic minority group that embraces Islam.* The Great Mosque of Hohhot was founded in CE 1693 by a group of Hui merchants. Perhaps typical of the Hui, who were eager to pay homage to their Han Chinese hosts, the Great Mosque of Hohhot was...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 324) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 27 Jan 2009 11:35:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/attraction/inner-mongolia-museum/Inner Mongolia Museum, which was founded on the occasion of the tenth anniversary (May 1, 1957) of the establishment of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (aka Inner Mongolia), is also a regional if not a quasi-national (all ethnic nationalities of China are of course of Chinese nationality) museum in the sense that it is a window on the Mongolian culture of this proud autonomous ethnic region. Inner Mongolia Museum is located in the heart of Hohhot and is thus accessible to all of the inhabitant...]]>Thu 21 Jan 2009 21:40:00 GMThttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/food/mongolian-mutton-fondue/SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 322) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 20 Jan 2009 20:38:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/attraction/xilituzhao-palace/Xilituzhao Palace Temple, built in CE 1585 for the 3rd Dalai Lama, and the largest Lama temple (a Lama temple is a Tibetan-Buddhist temple) in Hohhot, the captial of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (aka Inner Mongolia), is located at the eastern extremity of Xingwang Alley, only about 100 meters from the city's largest Buddhist temple, Dazhao Temple. Xilituzhao Palace Temple was a small temple when it was originally built during the Ming (CE 1368-1644) Dynasty. After having been completely dest...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1948) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 13 Jan 2009 0:46:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/attraction/xilamuren-grassland/Xilamuren, which means yellow water in Mongolian, is also known as Zhaohe. Xilamuren Grasslands is characterized by rolling hills and lush green grass. The temperature highs for the summer season range between 18-21 degrees centigrade. Xilamuren Grasslands is the nearest such tourist attraction to Hohhot, and the grasslands that was first to be exploited (early nomads kept their flocks here, while later descendants would build the first Buddhist temples of Inner Mongolia here). On the rivers...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3630) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCWed 13 Jan 2009 0:09:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/attraction/huitengxile-grassland/Cold in winter and cool in summer, Huitengxile Grasslands has a high summertime temperature of 18 degrees centigrade for an average year. Lying at an altitude of over 1800 meters above sea level, Huitengxile Grasslands stretches over 100 kilometers from east to west, and is dotted with some 100 lakes. The tourist can enjoy a wide variety of entertainment here, including horseback riding, camel riding, shooting, archery and Mongolian wrestling. Alternatively, one can hike up Aobao Mountain or vis...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1334) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 12 Jan 2009 23:01:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/attraction/gegenda-prairie/The Gegenda Prairie, renowned the world over as one of the most beautiful grasslands in China, if not one of the most beautiful grasslands on the planet, offers some of the most big-sky grasslands scenery that one can hope to find anywhere on this beautiful blue planet. It is doubly enjoyable when a grasslands like Gegenda Prairie is combined with strongly flavored local traditions, such as one will find here in this corner of Inner Mongolia. As a visitor to the home of a local Mongolian family...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 829) AND (ServiceType = 35) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 12 Jan 2009 21:37:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/product/huhur-%28a-kind-of-snuff-bottle%29/Huhur is the Mongolian herdsmans equivalent of a snuff box. It is a bottle for carrying snuff in, which is usually stuck into a belt, or sash, at the herdsman's waist, or hung onto a special hook on the belt/ sash. Huhur, or snuff, is used to quicken oneself when one is feeling tired. It is also believed to alleviate a stuffy nose. It is also widely used as an ice-breaker when encountering a stranger common courtesy requires that one always offers a stranger one's huhur. The snuff bottle com...]]>Tue 12 Jan 2009 20:53:00 GMTdrwihttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/food/roasted-whole-lamb/SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 1951) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 12 Jan 2009 20:20:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/attraction/white-pagoda/The White Pagoda, also called Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda, was built by the Khitans* sometime during the Liao (CE 916-1125) Dynasty (no one seems to know exactly when), and despite its nearly thousand-year history, the pagoda is surprisingly well-preserved. The White Pagoda is a brick-and-wood structure about 55 meters high, with little supporting base extending beyond the octagonal vertical form, making the pagoda seem to rise directly out of the ground, like an obelisk. The pagoda has a fundament,...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 323) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 23 Oct 2008 3:17:00 GMTnancyhttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/attraction/dazhao-lamasery/During the period of Emperor Longqing in Ming Dynasty from 1567 to 1572, Aletanhan, a lead of Tumote Mongolia, was conferred as the Shunyi Emperor of the Mongolian. Owing to the special honor, he decided to enlarge Guihua, the old city of Hohhot and Hongci Temple, an old Buddhist temple. Because the statue of Sakyamuni in the temple was made of silver entirely, so the Hongci Temple is also called the Silver Buddha Temple. In the center of the main hall, the sliver statue of Sakyamuni, which stan...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 5948) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 23 Oct 2008 2:39:00 GMTnancyhttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/attraction/zhaojun-tomb/Zhaojun Tomb, also called Green Mound or Green Grave, is located south of the city of Hohhot in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is the tomb of Wang Zhaojun, a commoner who married a Xiongnu chief in order to preserve the nations unity, and is mentioned in historical documents and folklore as far back as the Tang dynasty. The tomb of Zhaojun was built in the Western Han period. It has two thousand years of history and is a protected cultural relic. The largest Han tomb in China, it is a...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3334) AND (ServiceType = 16) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCSat 19 Sep 2008 10:32:00 GMTlukehttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/restaurant/inner-mongolia-restaurant/Conveniently located in the city center, about 3km to the railway station and 15km to the airport, the Inner Mongolia Hotel (Neimenggu Da jiudian) is a five star hotel. In the hotel, there are several restaurants including a Chinese restaurant, a Western restaurant and a Muslim Restaurant, conqueror Genghis Khan Jingzhang Dading restaurant and others. About 700 square meters, the Chinese restaurant could accommodate up 500 people to take their meal. Here, you can enjoy Shandong Cuisine, Sichuan...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3335) AND (ServiceType = 16) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCSat 19 Sep 2008 10:30:00 GMTlukehttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/restaurant/zhaojun-restaurant/The Zhaojun Hotel (Zhaojun dajiudian) is a three star hotel located in the downtown area of Hohhot city. Currently, the hotel has three restaurants, a coffee shop and a bar. Two of the restaurants--the Suiqing Garden Restaurant and the Emei Garden Restaurant --are Chinese. They provide Sichuan, Cantonese and Mongolian style cuisine. Another restaurant Windsor Castle Restaurant, serving French style food, is an ideal place to make traveling and trading in Hohhot. It is one of the best in town, w...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 719) AND (ServiceType = 34) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 8 Sep 2008 22:11:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/bar/commercial-area-of-changle-palace/The commercial area of Changle Palace, located in Dongying South Street and Xinhua Street, is usually bustling at night. Its main road spans 947 meters. When darkness falls, hundreds of shops here grudually start to work; a large population congregates here todo their shopping or kill their time. There are some supermarkets like Changle Palace and Xiangtai Commerial supermarket also settle in this place. Restaurants like Little Fat Sheep and Chaoyi Restaurant in this commercial region are rathe...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 612) AND (ServiceType = 15) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 8 Sep 2008 22:05:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/shop/tianyuan-commercial-hall/Located in Zhongshan West Road of Hohhot, Tianyuan Commercial Hall is the shopping paradise in Inner Mongolia. On the 1F, top brand fashion clothing and accessories come from over 20 countries can be seen, which bring consumers the high rank with joy and value. The 2F is a paradise for women with fashion barbershops, delicate salons and sweet wedding dress shops. The 3F is the most fashionable dressing design center. Many cloths boutiques can be found in the 4F. Sport and leisure are the main t...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 614) AND (ServiceType = 15) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 8 Sep 2008 22:03:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/shop/double-trees-shopping-street/The Double Trees Shopping Street is located in the Saihan area of Hohhot. This street is a handicraft market with special features and deals mainly the classic handicrafts including velvet antler, Mongolian silverware, Inner Mongolia carpet, Mongolia knife, muskiness and others. It is a center of shopping, tourism, cultural sites, food and amusement. The products are not very expensive. Many delicious famous Inner Mongolia dishes and snacks are sold here. Try it, and you won' t feel disappointe...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 3333) AND (ServiceType = 16) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCTue 8 Sep 2008 21:58:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/inner mongolia/hohhot/restaurant/niu-street/Located at the south of the Old City of Hohhot, Niu Street also is known as Mosque Snacks Street' because there is a mosque not far away. There are many small restaurants located in this street; some are a hundred years old inns. Here, you can enjoy almost all the local snacks including Shaomai, Naked Oat Flour, Phoenix's Tail Cling to Facai and others. And you can also have the chance to taste the Genghis Khan roasted meat on an iron plate, Mutton fondue, many meat dishes and drinks, which are...]]>