Three layers on the east bank
At Shuidonggou in Linhe, Lingwu, a 1923 excavation, a stone-tool museum and a Ming wall share one terrace on the edge of the Ordos.
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One congregation, two buildings
Nanguan Mosque moved inside the south gate in 1915, lost its timber hall in the Cultural Revolution, and raised a green-domed hall in 1981.
The canal that still divides the river
Tang-Lai still takes Yellow River water at Qingtongxia and carries it through Yinchuan, beside lakes, drains and a river reach of 83.8 kilometres.
Forts that became a film set
In 1993 Zhang Xianliang turned two Ming and Qing fortress compounds at the Helan foot into a film city, with a moon gate, a herdsman set and Baihua Hall.
Faces in the rock at the pass
At Helankou in Helan County, thousands of pecked faces, animals and work scenes cover the gorge walls beside two museums.
Nine mounds on the dry fan
Nine imperial mounds, 271 lesser tombs and a set of flood works mark a Tangut court on the Helan foothills above Yinchuan.