Hohhot 呼和浩特Hūhéhàotè

About Hohhot

Hohhot, whose Mongolian name Köke Qota means 'Blue City', grew up around Dazhao Temple, a Gelug monastery begun in the 16th century by the Tümed Mongol leader Altan Khan. Xilitu Zhao and the Great Mosque of Hohhot, founded in 1693 by Hui Muslims, stand in the same old town, and the Inner Mongolia Museum shows fossils and the region's history. Zhaojun Tomb, the traditional grave of a Han-dynasty woman married to a Xiongnu ruler, is a 33 m mound beside the Dahei River.

What to eat in Hohhot

• Hohhot shaomai dumplings (呼和浩特烧麦)
• Wuchuan oat noodles (武川莜面)
• Togtoh stewed fish (托县炖鱼)

Listed sites in Hohhot

43 listed sites are in Hohhot. These are the 33 rated 5A or 4A; see all 43 in the Inner Mongolia list.

• Laoniuwan Yellow River Grand Canyon 老牛湾黄河大峡谷 5A scenic area · on the map
  Laoniuwan is a gorge where the Yellow River leaves Inner Mongolia for Shanxi and the Ming-dynasty Great Wall comes down to meet the water.
• Aowei Horse Culture Eco-tourism Area 奥威马文化生态旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Aowei is a horse-culture park of about 1,542 mu (roughly 100 hectares), set up in 2014 at Qiganqi village in Shengle town, with a racecourse for up to 20,000 spectators, stables and a riding ground.
• Daheihe Military Culture Park 大黑河军事文化乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
  Daheihe Military Culture Park is a themed leisure park on the Daheihe river in Saihan District, on the south-eastern side of Hohhot.
• Daqingshan Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Base Site, Wuchuan 大青山抗日游击根据地旧址旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
  The Daqing Mountains around Deshenggou village in Wuchuan County were the core of the Daqingshan anti-Japanese guerrilla base, set up in 1938 by an Eighth Route Army force that marched north from Shanxi.
• Daqingshan Taiwei Sports and Leisure Resort 大青山太伟运动休闲度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Daqingshan Taiwei Sports and Leisure Resort is a resort in the foothills of the Daqing Mountains in Baoheshao town, on the north-eastern edge of Hohhot.
• Daqingshan Wildlife Park 大青山野生动物园 4A scenic area · on the map
  Daqingshan Wildlife Park is a zoo of about 12,300 mu (roughly 8 square kilometres) on the northern edge of Hohhot, set against the Daqing Mountains and open since 2006.
• Dashengkui Museum Cluster 大盛魁博物馆集群 4A scenic area · on the map
  The Dashengkui Museum Cluster is a group of small museums in courtyard buildings in the style of Qing-dynasty houses, in the old town of Hohhot.
• Dazhao Temple 大召 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  Dazhao is the oldest Gelug (Yellow Hat) temple in Hohhot, begun in 1579 by the Tümed Mongol leader Altan Khan in his newly founded city of Guihua.
• Former Residence of Ulanhu 乌兰夫故居 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  Ulanhu's former residence is a courtyard of about 20 rooms in Tabusai village, where Ulanhu, the founding chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was born and spent his youth.
• Grassland Gate Cultural Tourism Area, Wuchuan 草原之门 4A scenic area · on the map
  A cultural-tourism complex built from 2020 in the town of Wuchuan by Yangufang, an oat-food company.
• Hasuhai Lake 哈素海 4A scenic area · on the map
  Hasuhai is a shallow natural lake in Tumed Left Banner, with a water surface of roughly 30 sq km and a depth of about 2 m, ringed by reed beds that attract wild ducks, geese and other waterbirds.
• Hohhot Sculpture Art Museum 呼和浩特雕塑艺术馆 4A scenic area · on the map
  Opened on 14 October 2023, the Hohhot Sculpture Art Museum is a grass-roofed building of 25,000 sq m on a 7.35-hectare site in eastern Hohhot, with a main sculpture hall, thematic galleries, artists' studios, a cafe and a gift shop.
• Huanghe Maiyegu Eco-leisure Area 黄河麦野谷 4A scenic area · on the map
  Huanghe Maiyegu is an eco-leisure area at Dongyingzi village in the Hekou tourist resort area of Tuoketuo County, on the Yellow River plain.
• Inner Mongolia Museum 内蒙古博物院 4A scenic area
  The Inner Mongolia Museum is the region's main museum, and it opened a new building of about 147,000 square metres in Hohhot on a trial basis on 20 June 2025.
• Inner Mongolia Museum of Natural History 内蒙古自然博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
  The Inner Mongolia Museum of Natural History is the autonomous region's first large general natural-history museum, in a modern building that opened to the public in 2018.
• Inner Mongolia Racecourse 内蒙古赛马场 4A scenic area · on the map
  The Inner Mongolia Racecourse, first built in 1956, is a 32-hectare equestrian ground in northern Hohhot with a grandstand 275 m long, an obstacle-riding arena, a stunt-show ground and a standard speed-racing track.
• Laoniupo Red Culture Area, Qingshuihe 老牛坡红色文化旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Laoniupo is a red-tourism area at the foot of the Ming Great Wall in Beibao township, in the far south of Qingshuihe County where it meets Pianguan County and Pinglu District in Shanxi.
• Little Grass Seed Park 小草种子乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
  Little Grass Seed Park is a visitor and study attraction inside the Mengcao Seed Industry Centre, run by the grassland-restoration company Mengcao in Shenggaiying village, north-east of central Hohhot.
• Mazongshan Ski Resort 马鬃山度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Mazongshan Ski Resort is a ski area in the hills east of Hohhot, one of the three ski areas listed by the city's culture and tourism bureau.
• Mengcao Grass Expo Park 蒙草·草博园 4A scenic area · on the map
  Mengcao Grass Expo Park is a plant-themed park run by the grassland-ecology company Mengcao in the Horinger New Area, showing native grassland plants.
• Mengliang Ethnic Folk Park 蒙亮民族风情园 4A scenic area · on the map
  A commercial ethnic-crafts centre on the western side of Hohhot.
• Mengniu Industrial Tourism Area 蒙牛工业旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
  Mengniu Industrial Tourism Area is a dairy-industry visit at the Mengniu company's base in Horinger's dairy development zone, open to visitors since 2007 and named a national industrial tourism demonstration base in November 2022.
• Moni Mountain Intangible Heritage Town 莫尼山非遗小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
  Moni Mountain is a village-scale heritage tourism town on a hillside in the Daqing Mountains foothills north-west of Hohhot, where more than 80 intangible heritage items are shown and taught through master workshops, an art centre, a museum and practice bases.
• Nanshan Scenic Area, Horinger 南山旅游景区 4A scenic area · on the map
  A landscaped hill park of about 5 sq km on the southern edge of Horinger, laid out from 2000 with themes drawn from the culture of Shengle, an early capital of the Northern Wei dynasty.
• Saiwai Taoyuan Eco-tourism Area 塞外桃园 4A scenic area · on the map
  Saiwai Taoyuan is a farm-based leisure area in Xindianzi town, in the south-east of Horinger County, which the county government describes as a green organic-farming tourism area.
• Shenquan Eco-Tourism Area, Togtoh 神泉生态旅游景区 4A scenic area · on the map
  A leisure park of about 4 sq km astride the Yellow River at Haojiayao village, with a classical Chinese-style garden, lakes and birds on the east bank and a sand-dune amusement area on the Kubuqi Desert edge on the west bank.
• South Lake Wetland Park, Hohhot 南湖湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
  Nanhu (South Lake) Wetland Park is a landscape park in the south of Hohhot, laid out by the city government from 2005 and opened to the public in 2007, with wetland, fishing and grassland areas.
• Suiyuan General's Yamen Museum 将军衙署 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  The Suiyuan General's Yamen was the office of the Qing general who commanded the Manchu banner garrison of Suiyuan, the walled 'new city' built beside Guihua (old Hohhot) between 1735 and 1739.
• Tuchengzi Archaeological Park (Shengle Ancient City) 土城子考古遗址公园 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
  Tuchengzi is regarded as the largest ancient city site on the north bank of the Yellow River's great bend, a walled city used from the Spring and Autumn period to the Yuan dynasty and identified with Shengle, the first capital of the Northern Wei.
• Ulanhu Memorial Hall 乌兰夫纪念馆 4A scenic area · on the map
  The Ulanhu Memorial Hall stands in Ulanhu Park in Hohhot and opened in December 1992 as a museum on the life of Ulanhu, the first chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
• Wusutu Apricot Valley 乌素图杏花谷 4A scenic area · on the map
  Wusutu Apricot Valley is a village-edge garden park at East Wusutu, at the foot of the Daqing Mountains on the north-western edge of Hohhot.
• Yili Grassland Dairy Culture Tourist Area 伊利草原乳文化旅游景区 4A scenic area · on the map
  A visitor complex run by the Yili dairy group in Hohhot's dairy industrial park, built around the Yili Grassland Dairy Culture Museum, which covers the history of dairy-making among northern pastoral peoples and early dairy equipment.
• Zhaojun Tomb 昭君墓 4A scenic area · National heritage site
  A 33 m rammed-earth mound on the south bank of the Dahei River is the traditional tomb of Wang Zhaojun, the Han-dynasty woman who married a Xiongnu ruler; her actual burial place is not recorded.

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