After a whole morning of hard work, I finally packed up my sleeping nest again, and then arrived at Hylar as scheduled. Because I had communicated with Brother Ge from the car maintenance department before, the new tires had arrived, so I went to replace the tires directly.

Self-driving trip to Hulunbuir Grassland in Inner Mongolia, viewing the grassland from an aerial perspective, so beautiful (32)

Picture 3 Hailar Toll Station According to the location he sent, I found his car repair shop. The store was bigger than expected and it was also much cleaner. After a brief communication with him, we started preparing for new tires.

To be honest, this guy did a lot of things very professionally, and the tools he used were all professional ones. I thought it was just an ordinary repair shop, but when I went there I realized that the tools this guy collected were more professional than some repair shops in first- and second-tier cities.

I showed him one of his ratchet wrenches. I didn’t understand it at the time, but after checking it out later, I found out, good guy, just one ratchet wrench costs an average person half a month’s salary. It’s professional enough! Later, I chatted with Brother Ge for a while and learned a lot about cars from him. For the first time, I learned that in addition to the standard tire pressure in the maintenance manual, there is also a B on the driver's side. There are also them on the pillars. I guess many experienced drivers have never noticed this.

In the end, he helped me change the engine oil that I brought with me, and also helped me blow out the air conditioning filter for free. All the charges were the same as mentioned before, and there was no temporary price increase or anything. The most important thing is that I asked for a tire of a specified brand and model. Although it may not be difficult for him, I still thank him very much. Many people are not willing to earn hundreds of dollars for such a small tire. Yes, it’s too troublesome. After the vehicle was packed, a stone in my heart finally fell to the ground. I no longer had to worry about the bulging tire suddenly blowing out while walking. For students who traveled to Hailar by car, if If you have any questions, you can contact him. Say goodbye to Hailar and sail to Manzhouli. When I went to Manzhouli, I mainly visited the National Gate. I had only seen our majestic National Gate on TV before, but I had never actually seen it.

Hulunbuir Prairie

Coming out of Hailar, we took the G301 national highway (Haiman first-class highway). Not long after passing Chenbalhu, we encountered a single-lane two-way road under construction. For a while, the convoy on the road was very long, but fortunately there were no cars. It was too many, and some of the cars were diverted to other places at some intersections.

There will be a "Baiyinhada Grassland Scenic Area" on G301. When I went there, I didn't see anyone collecting tickets. The "Hohnuoer Lake" opposite is also very beautiful. Students passing by can come here to have a look.

This is my first introduction to the grassland. From here you can probably see large tracts of wide grassland. The Hulunbuir Grassland is not a grassland with "clear boundaries". It covers a very wide area, 330 kilometers from north to south and 350 kilometers from east to west. Because there are Hulun Lake and Bell Lake, it is called Hulunbuir Grassland.

Figure 16 Tourist route map Hulun Lake is also known as Hulun Pool, Dalai Lake, Dalai Nuoer, and is a sister lake to Bell Lake. The entire territory of Hulun Lake is in our country, and Bell Lake is a lake shared by China and Mongolia. There is a beautiful legend about Hulun Lake and Bell Lake, which I will put at the end of the text. Hulunbuir Grassland is an important birthplace of many ancient civilizations and the main birthplace of many nomadic peoples in the north. The Donghu, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Shiwei, Uighur, Turk, Khitan, Jurchen, Mongolian and other ethnic groups once thrived here Therefore, it is hailed as the "cradle of nomadic people in northern China" by historians and occupies a high position in world history. So to see the grasslands in Inner Mongolia, you don’t necessarily have to go to the scenic spots that can be found on the map. You can see the grasslands on the roadside. You may be a little excited at first, but slowly when you drive hundreds of After seeing hundreds of kilometers of grassland on the road, we will become uninterested and even a little anxious. I didn’t know why I felt this way at the time. Before the Aershan, everything I could see was flat, without any rolling hills. The only things that could block my view were houses and trees. This situation lasted until Aershan. After seeing the mountains, I felt much more relaxed.

Figure 17 The endless Hulunbuir Grassland I am sure some people don’t understand what I said. Isn’t it good to have a broad field of vision? Isn’t it bad to be flat? I don’t know how to express it. When I am in the vast prairie, in addition to the broad vision and smooth air, I also have an inexplicable feeling of "loneliness", let alone the earth's solar system. Now, on this prairie, if you look around, the cattle and sheep are just dots on the grassland, adding some black spots to the green, but they still look so small, let alone humans. After walking through the grasslands in northeastern Inner Mongolia, I can only use words like "vast" and "vast" to describe the vastness of the grasslands. Without having been to the grasslands in person, it is really difficult to understand how big it is. , her beauty.

Picture 18 The grassland in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, is very beautiful at any time. Spring is the time when the grass has just sprouted. Although there is no green patch, it is still very attractive. Needless to say in summer, the endless green is. The grassland in autumn is a piece of withered grass and trees, and the grassland in winter is covered with silver, which is purer and more moving.

To see the lush green grassland, usually after mid-July, you can see the completely green grassland, and most of the grassland flowers are in bloom. As the saying goes, a hundred flowers are blooming and everything is green. Here are some simple precautions for my trip to the Hulunbuir Grassland: Don’t drive a self-driving car off the road at will, especially on the grassland. Many roads here are now semi-closed, with barbed wire blocking them, but some are open. If there are no visible roads and ruts, don't go in. First, many pastures here are divided into areas. Some herdsmen hate driving over the pastures at will, and chasing other people's horses and sheep. Secondly, more importantly, although the grassland is very beautiful, it is also very fragile. Take the grassland here in Hulunbuir for example. Most of the grassland is covered with sand. If you look at a broken place, the grass growing on it is just a "thin piece". If such grass is dug up by wheels, If it is crushed to death by the roots, its recovery period will be very long, as is very obvious in the picture below.

Figure 23, wheel mark There is a very obvious rut mark in the lower left corner of the picture above. Someone should have driven by a long time ago and made such a rut. Although the grass has grown up, the rut mark in this place is The density of the grass is not as high as the one next to it, so there is such an obvious mark. Therefore, driving over pastures is a very unwise act that damages the environment. In more serious terms, it will destroy the jobs of local herdsmen, and don’t keep saying that they are “extorting money” or something like that. I have traveled to so many places and chatted with local people. Some of them treat me as a "bad guy", but no one is aggressive and does whatever they want to you when they come up. Most of the locals The people are relatively simple. If you ask him the way, he will also give you directions. Although some of the older people may speak Mongolian, you can still tell that they are very enthusiastic and willing to give you directions. I once stopped at a gap on the roadside of the grassland, which was surrounded by iron wires. I opened a door. The door was relatively simple, and I blocked it with a few wooden sticks. I took a few photos and time-lapse videos here, and I stopped for a long time. In addition, my car is white, which is very obvious from a distance. Later, a local herdsman came over on a motorcycle. When he saw me, he didn’t say anything and just kept looking at me. I also guessed his purpose, so I asked him how far it was from the next xx point (I asked knowingly). He said something that I didn't understand. We "talked" about other things, mostly I asked him about the status of his answer.

Figure 24 The person who asked the question was confused, and the person who answered the question also had no idea what he was talking about. Thinking about that scene, it was quite funny. Later, after chatting for a while, we all fell silent. After a while, he said something in Mandarin that was very difficult to understand. It probably meant I don’t want to enter the pasture. I raised my hands. The camera, he said several times: "take pictures". I guess he understood what I was doing, and then he got on his motorcycle and left. From the above, it seems that some herdsmen are indeed more wary of outsiders, but they do not have any malicious intentions. The main reason is that some people went too far in the past, and it was difficult to communicate with each other because of the language barrier. This is why there are online rumors. There are p-words like "entering the grassland and being blackmailed". If you are walking on the road planned by the state, can he blackmail you? But having said that, you still need to pay attention to safety when you go out. There will be some petty thieves everywhere, so just be careful. The above is about my knowledge and understanding of Hulunbuir. The next travel note will show you our fifth-generation majestic national gate: Manzhouli National Gate.

"Hulunbuir" legend In ancient times, there was a couple in the Mongolian tribe. The girl was named Hulun and the boy was named Beier. The demon Mangus led the wolves, insects, tigers and leopards to kill the grassland. Relying on the two powerful blue water pearls he carried on his head, he ravaged the grassland. The river water was sucked dry, the pastures withered and turned yellow, and the livestock fell to death. . The black mist cast into the sky snatched away the Hulun girl. Bell fights the demon Mangus for the grassland and the Hulun girl. Hulun pretended to please Mangus: "If you give me one of the pearls on your head, I will grant your wish in the future." Mangus forgot about it, kept saying good, and handed one of the pearls to Hulun. Hulun knew that a bead was like a vast expanse of clear water. In order to nourish the grassland, she resolutely put the bead into her mouth and it suddenly turned into vast clear water. Mangus was dumbfounded, a bead was missing from his body, and his power was reduced by half. Bell caught up with Mangus, opened his bow like a full moon, and shot him in the heart with an arrow. Bell captured another pearl and looked around for Hulun with the joy of victory. Only then did he realize that Hulun had turned into a goddess nourishing the grassland. The sad Bell vowed to guard Hulun forever, and immediately swallowed another bead, and suddenly another pool of clear water appeared in the south of Hulun Lake. To commemorate them, the villagers named the two lakes Hulun Lake and Bell Lake respectively.

Tips:

The "Gacha" in the place name of Inner Mongolia is the name of the local "village" level administrative unit. Let's simply understand our "village".

Things to note when traveling to Hulunbuir Grassland:

1. Use sun protection. You will get more sun during the day. 2. Anti-mosquitoes, there are many flying insects in the evening. 3. It’s cooler at night, so just bring a thin coat.