When is the best time to visit Genghis Khan Cemetery?

The best time for Genghis Khan Mausoleum: Ordos belongs to a typical temperate continental climate, with four distinct seasons, strong sunshine, less rainfall, frequent sandstorms in spring, and an average annual temperature of 5.3-8.7℃. Summer and autumn are the best time to travel to Ordos, where there is less wind and sand and the air is humid.

Genghis Khan Mausoleum is located in the south of Ordos Plateau, above Gandri Aobao, Ejinhoro Banner, Ordos City. Genghis Khan made two voyages to the Western Ocean on 12 19 and 1226. When he led his troops through this place, he was deeply attracted by the beautiful scenery here, immediately wrote poems and praised it, and chose this place as his burial place. 1August 227, Genghis Khan fell off his horse while hunting, and his body was transported here for burial. Since then, it has been called "Yijinhuoluo", which means "the owner's graveyard". In the middle of this quiet and harmonious grassland, Genghis Khan, a generation of tianjiao who marked the conquest of the world in the history of the Chinese nation, will rest here with his unique and interconnected Mongolian yurt hall. The brave, enthusiastic and tenacious Daur people in Ordos have been guarding their heroes for generations.

During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the Kuomintang government moved Genghis Khan's body to Ta 'er Temple in Qinghai. 1954, the Chinese communist government moved it back to its original site. The present building was rebuilt after liberation.

The mausoleum of Genghis Khan faces south and has a magnificent eaves. The main building, the Mausoleum Palace, consists of six parts: the main hall, the back hall, the east-west hall and the east-west hall. There are large-scale color murals painted in the main hall, which vividly depict Genghis Khan's extraordinary life, social life in the Yuan Empire era and local conditions and customs at that time.

There stands a statue of Genghis Khan, a generation of famous tianjiao, in the main hall of Linggong Palace. Precious cultural relics from the Genghis Khan era are displayed on both sides of the statue. In the back hall, there are three yurt-like coffins of Genghis Khan, his wife and his brother. The coffin in the East Hall is dedicated to Tuo Lei, the fourth son of Genghis Khan, and his wife Shi, the parents of Kublai Khan in the Yuan Dynasty. The west hall is dedicated to the military emblem of Genghis Khan, Sulide, and the gilded silver saddle of Genghis Khan. There are murals depicting Genghis Khan's life achievements and the social situation, religious beliefs and living customs of the Mongols at that time in the hall of the mausoleum palace and the inner walls of the two corridors. On the platform on the east side of the cemetery are the relics of Genghis Khan's period-wooden two-wheeled giant cars, cast iron pots, iron war wheels and so on.

Genghis Khan cemetery has dense jungle, lush vegetation and fragrant flowers. Visitors can put on various styles of Mongolian robes in the cemetery, ride horses and camels and enjoy themselves in the Lele car. The hostel of cemetery administration provides convenience for tourists to eat and live. In the courtyard of the hostel, there is a luxurious yurt that can accommodate more than 300 people. Visitors can hold banquets and taste the unique Mongolian meat, milk and cakes. You can also enjoy Mongolian folk songs and dances, wedding ceremonies and horse racing banquets in Ordos. In the evening, you can attend a bonfire party and spend a rare and beautiful night on this trip.

From Genghis Khan Mausoleum 1 km, there is Genghis Khan Aldun (Palace), which is also called "Yuan Village" according to the layout of Genghis Khan Palace in 1206. The palace consists of the welcoming archway, the Grand Palace Gate, the Jinding tent, the left and right side exhibitions, the Khan selection platform, the shooting range and the racecourse.

There are Genghis Khan Palace, Mongolian Palace and palace artifacts in the southeast of the cemetery, all of which are modeled after Genghis Khan's palace. There is a unique white pagoda in the south of the cemetery, where the former site of Genghis Khan's mausoleum moved. After the relocation of Genghis Khan's mausoleum, the Mongolian people built this white pagoda here to commemorate this place.