Yijing Garden City Desert Mountain Scenic Area

Wenming East Street North, Ejin Horo Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Introduction

Yijingyuan City Shashan Scenic Area is located 11 kilometers south of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China. It is a mysterious place and the only unique desert ecological scenic area in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which is a multi-functional spot integrating tourism, entertainment, leisure, and popular science. Yijingyuan City Shashan Scenic Area has vast ecological landscapes such as deserts, oases, glacier lakes and human landscapes such as primitive grasslands, ancient sites, and historical culture. Therefore, Yijingyuan is an excellent tourist destination in terms of natural ecological environment and human history. Yijingyuan City Shashan Scenic Area has a unique natural landscape: original desert sand dunes as well as the special ecological environment of Shashan and oases. The core attraction of the Shashan Scenic Area, the mysterious "Shao Gullake" and "Shao Gu Island", is the iconic landscape of Yijingyuan. It is currently the only "desert water park" in China and has a beautiful scenery. Tourists can participate in interesting activities such as camel riding, sand sliding, desert ball, and surfing in the desert. There is also a huge glacier lake in the scenic area, Yizhen Lake. The lake is clear and surrounded by green vegetation. There are well-preserved ancient city wall ruins on the shore, where you can enjoy the grassland scenery with cattle and horses. In addition, Yijingyuan City Shashan Scenic Area also has rich historical and cultural heritage, including valuable ancient architecture, inscriptions, pagodas, ancient tombs and other cultural relics from the Qin and Han, Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. These are all part of the treasures of Chinese culture. The Inner Mongolia Ancient Culture Museum in the scenic area collects various Han Dynasty stone carvings, sheepskin paper, bronzes, gold and silver utensils, pottery and other cultural relics, allowing tourists to appreciate the rich and colorful culture of Inner Mongolia in the exhibition. In addition, the scenic area has a lush plum garden, tea garden, cassia garden, fruit garden, where tourists can taste local specialties, greatly enriching their cultural experience. Overall, Yijingyuan City Shashan Scenic Area attracts many domestic and foreign tourists to sightsee and play with its tourism resources integrating natural landscapes, cultural heritage, and entertainment elements. Its successful development has already become a symbol of the development of tourism and culture in Inner Mongolia, and it has played a positive role in better showcasing the rich and colorful tourism resources of China.

Address

Wenming East Street North, Ejin Horo Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Opening hours

09:00-19:30 (all day)
last admission at 19:30 (Monday-Sunday, June 1-August 31) 09:00-17:00 (all day)
last admission at 17:00 (Monday-Sunday, December 1-February 28 of the following year)

Phone 0477-2250901;0477-2250740