Horse Culture Special | Riding Horses and Whipping, Pursuing a Free and Unrestrained Life
by The Seas of Grass - Xilingol Cultural Tourism
Jun 26, 2025
Xilin Gol League's 👉 "Taipusi Banner" is the closest banner in Inner Mongolia to Beijing. Inner Mongolia's magnificent 🤩 grassland landscapes, volcanic remains, splendid grassland customs, imperial horse culture, dreamy snowfield scenery, rime wonders, etc., can all be fully enjoyed 🉑️ in Taipusi Banner!
【Recommended Self-driving Itinerary】
Day1️⃣
Depart from Beijing → Taipusi Banner Fengqing Mazhen Tourist Area → Taipusi Banner Yuma Yuan Tourist Area (Accommodation at Yuma Yuan Hotel)
Day2️⃣
Yuma Yuan → Canglang Tribe (Grassland Wolf) Protection Area → Taipusi Banner Grassland Home Tourist Scenic Area → Grassland Post Farmhouse (Lunch) → Baochang Town (Seat of the Banner Government) → Accommodation at Yuanhua Grand Hotel
Day3️⃣
Hotel → Yingbin Road (Mongolian-style Morning Tea Breakfast) → Shitiao Mountain
✅Day 1
🌟Taipusi Banner Fengqing Mazhen
📍Gongbolage Sumu Wuqi Aobao Gacha
Covering an area of about 2,000 mu, it integrates dining, accommodation, and entertainment. You can experience archery, horse riding, Aobao worship, and other recreational and folk activities.
🌟Taipusi Banner Yuma Yuan
📍Navigate to "Taipusi Yuma Yuan Tourist Area"
Yuma Yuan and Fengqing Mazhen are within sight of each other, just a 5-minute drive away. The tourist area covers about 15,000 mu and boasts over 300 famous horses, including Akhal-Teke horses. It is a landmark attraction in Taipusi Banner and a "China Horse Industry Development Base."
The scenic area features facilities such as a racecourse, equestrian training ground, horse culture museum, Yuma Grand Hotel, and chariot-style yurt clusters. You can fully enjoy the grassland scenery, delicious food, culture, and equestrian performances.
✅Day 2
🌟Canglang Tribe
📍Within Wuqi Aobao Gacha
Only a 17-minute drive from Yuma Yuan, the protection area covers about 300 mu, offering self-driving and RV campsites. It has areas for grassland sightseeing, cultural experiences, and leisure vacations, where you can encounter various wild animals such as wolves, foxes, falcons, and vultures.
🌟Grassland Home
📍At the 277 km mark of National Highway 207, Taipusi Banner
About a half-hour drive from Canglang Tribe, here you can experience "herder" life, try horse riding, archery, and wrestling, participate in folk activities like Aobao worship and Naadam, and enjoy ethnic songs and dances, and traditional costumes.
🍽️Food Recommendation - Grassland Post
📍200 meters south of the intersection of National Highway 207 and Rural Road 271, Taipusi Banner
Only a 7-minute drive from Grassland Home, the farmhouse's Mongolian dishes and stir-fries are mostly self-grown and self-raised, offering authentic flavors, as well as special oat noodles. Besides dining, you can also experience farm-picking activities. The farmhouse also provides accommodation.
🌟Baochang Town
Arriving at Baochang Town means you've reached the political, economic, and cultural center of Taipusi Banner. You can explore the town.
✅Day 3
🌟Mongolian Breakfast
📍Yingbin Road
Near the recommended "Yuanhua Grand Hotel" there is Yingbin Road, with many Mongolian restaurants along the street. You can choose freely to dine and taste Mongolian-style morning tea and main meals.
🌟Shitiao Mountain
📍Shuguang Village, Taipusi Banner
Shitiao Mountain has been featured in "National Geographic" magazine and is one of China's seven major volcanic rock column clusters. Formed by magma solidifying from underwater volcanic eruptions hundreds of millions of years ago, the basalt columns cluster and point towards the sky, a magnificent sight. Watching it at sunset offers a unique ambiance.
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👏It's winter now, and along the way, you can also enjoy winter landscapes of snowfields and rime. Friends from Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei are always welcome to visit Taipusi Banner in Xilin Gol League.
(Some image sources: Trip.com Traveler @sorryailvxing, Angie)
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