The province journal

內蒙古.

A grass capital, then the rest

Inner Mongolia is not one grassland. This first reading starts at Xanadu, the Yuan summer capital, then moves through two city temples, eight white tents, a dune field with lakes, one poplar forecast, Hulun Lake and two songs.

元上都

Xanadu opens the region as a measured grass capital, with a boundary and a date, rather than as a metaphor for every league.

Explore this place

Three other rooms

A silver Buddha in Hohhot, a Gelug monastery above Baotou, and the felt tents at Ejin Horo.

呼和浩特

大召

呼和浩特大召,銀佛、壁畫與課誦空間共同組成召廟的文化世界。

包頭

五當召

包頭東北山谷裏的藏式召廟,白色殿堂隨坡勢逐層升高。

鄂爾多斯

八白室

伊金霍洛的祭祀紀念建築,承接八座可移動氈帳的歷史。

Keep reading

Two capitals, a shrine that is not a confirmed burial, and a dune field whose boundary is not yet drawn.

  1. 元上都先是忽必烈的第一座都城,後來成爲元朝夏都;宮城、皇城與外城的城牆仍留存在草地之中。

  2. 大召以中軸院落、藏漢結合的大殿、銀佛造像和經堂壁畫,呈現呼和浩特召廟的宗教與藝術傳統。

  3. 八白室原爲可以移動的氈帳祭祀傳統;伊金霍洛旗如今的陵園建築羣建於1954年。

  4. 巴丹吉林沙漠有相對高度達460米的沙丘,沙間分佈144個湖泊,地下水連接着沙與水。

Eight regions

Five prefecture-level cities and three leagues. The leagues are not cities, and four other cities wait for a later reading.

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