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- 5.24.5/5100 Review"The Genghis Khan Mausoleum (Cyrillic Mongolian: Чингис хааны онгон, English: Mausoleum of Genghis Khan), referred to as Chengling. It is the first generation of the Great Khan Genghis Khan of the Mongolian Empire. It is located on the grassland of Ejin Holo Banner in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 40 kilometers from the downtown area of Ordos. Because Mongolian people are popular "secret burial", so the real Genghis Khan tomb is always a mystery."Ulanhot.Ulanhot Railway Station2.5km from downtownHighlights: The Temple of Genghis Khan is located on the top of Hanshan Mountain on the north side of Ulanhot City, in Hanshan Park. The address is No. 82, Xing'an North Road, Ulanhot City. The temple was built in 1944 and is the only temple in the country dedicated to Genghis Khan. The temple was designed by artist Nayler. It integrates the architectural styles of Mongolian, Han and Tibetan nationalities. It adopts the common axis-symmetrical layout method in ancient Han architecture. Mongolian and Tibetan architectural features. Here you can also overlook the panoramic view of Ulanhot city. The temple seat of Genghis Khan faces south in the north and rounds up at the bottom. The temple hall is in the shape of a "mountain". The main hall is 28 meters high in the middle, and the side halls are 16.62 meters high on the east and west sides. There are 9 spires inlaid with green glaze. In the center of the dome of the main hall hangs a blue rectangular plaque with the inscription "Genghis Khan Temple" (in Mongolian and Chinese characters). The building area of the temple is 822 square meters. There are 16 bright red lacquer pillars in the main hall. On the Dali platform in the center of the hall is a bronze statue of Genghis Khan with a height of 2.8 meters and a weight of 2.6 tons. Yuan Dynasty weapons are displayed on both sides. The east and west side halls display Yuan Dynasty costumes, books and utensils. The ceilings of the three halls are painted with ancient Mongolian patterns, and the walls of the halls and corridors have calligraphy and paintings of the proverbs of Genghis Khan and large-scale murals painted by the contemporary painter Siqin. The Genghis Khan Temple is surrounded by gray-topped and white walls with a height of 2.8 meters and a circumference of more than 1,000 meters. The entire courtyard covers an area of 68,000 square meters. Down from the temple, there are 81 steps. On both sides of the steps are green pine, emerald elm and mountain apricot. There is a yurt on the east side, and there is a stable in front of the yurt, which houses a white horse that symbolizes the heroic appearance of Genghis Khan's expedition, which is called "sacred horse". On the west side is a house with a square shape in the east and a round shape in the west, with an area of more than 200 square meters, which is just in line with the temple on the top of the mountain. Going down the steps to the south, the tall mountain gate consists of three vermilion gates side by side. There are east and west doors 30 meters away from both sides of the mountain gate.Show Less
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