Ordos Travel Guide

Surrounded by the Yellow River on the west, north and east, the city of Ordos is located in the southwest of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The city is in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. Ordos is a Mongolian name, meaning a place with a great number of palaces.

As one of the cradles of Chinese civilization, the city of Ordos has a long history. As early as 35,000 years ago, the ancient Hetao People began to live on this land and created a glorious culture. In the Thirteenth Century, the great Mongolian conqueror Genghis Khan was greatly impressed by the beautiful scenery here when he passed this city on his way to conquer the Western Xia Kingdom. Western Xia was a state that existed from 1038 to 1227 in what are now the northwestern Chinese provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi, and Ningxia. It was established in the Eleventh Century by Tangut tribes. He loved this place so much that he made up his mind to build his tomb here in the future. In the year 1649, in the Qing Dynasty (1644 -1911), the Chinese government set up a Mongolian prefecture here. more about Ordos »