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Inner Mongolia, Travel

Inner Mongolia Museum is full of national characteristics

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Since ancient times, Inner Mongolia has been the central region of the settlement and activities of the ethnic minorities in northern China, From the Emperor Qin and the Emperor han to the Mongolian emperor Genghis Khan, from the Rong tribes, the Di tribes and the Hun tribe to the Ming Dynasty generals and the Qing Dynasty troops, these people took turns on the stage of history and left their mark on history. In the Inner Mongolia Museum, the cultural relics on display give people today a glimpse of the extraordinary experience that the grassy plain has ever had.

Inner Mongolia Museum was built in 1957. Several buildings together form the building complex of the Inner Mongolia Museum, Blue sky and green grass are two indispensable themes in Inner Mongolia.

If someone talks about the natural landscape of Inner Mongolia, between the vast sky and the boundless grassland flocks and herds grazing will naturally appear in people’s mind. Prairie charm is the most recognized charm in Inner Mongolia, plants are the elements that make up the grassland. In the museum, various plants on display are an eye opener.

Speak of the history of Inner Mongolia, what do you think of? The speeding cavalry troop，the knights riding horses and hunting eagles with bow and arrows. The bold and tough nomads are synonymous with Inner Mongolia.

The main body of the entire museum is divided into four floors, the internal space is open, the number of cultural relics in the museum is as many as 4 million. Every cultural relic and every picture recorded the lives and experiences of people at that time.

These collections are carefully placed one by one and together form a continuous time line, let the visitors who has been inside brush away the dust of history and admire the grassland culture and civilization built by the ancestors.

The magical Inner Mongolia not only gave birth to a unique nomadic culture, but also had an immeasurable impact on the agricultural civilization of the Central Plains. A variety of finely crafted ceramics and exquisitely carved jade ware are presented in front of the visitors’s eyes.

The Mongolian martial robes and bows and arrows let people as if back to the battlegrounds where the battle steeds neighed and the bows and arrows flew beyond the Great Wall.

The throne engraved with dragons is old-fashioned and still follows the wild style of ethnic minorities alone. The throne was once the seat of royal highness Dalizaya in Alashan Huoshuote Flag, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and is currently the only Zhasake dragon throne preserved in Inner Mongolia.

The golden hawk crown in the Warring States Period is one of the greatest treasures of Inner Mongolia Museum. It was unearthed in the tomb of the Huns in Ordos, Inner Mongolia. It is the only golden crown of the Huns found in China. The golden crown weighs 1394 grams, the whole golden crown is exquisitely made and make people revise their original impression of the clumsy craftsmanship of the northern nomads.

Some of them were once the treasures of the country, and some were curios for the royal family. They are either hidden in the Palace or flowed into troubled times. As time goes by, these ancient artifacts from different dynasties are displayed in the Inner Mongolia Museum. The scars are faintly discernible, with a little vicissitudes but full of mystery.

Travel

The enclosed courtyard in Chinese ancient architecture

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Chinese ancient buildings have a long history, many classic elements derived from them. the enclosed courtyard is one of classic elements that I am going to talk about. In the past, courtyard life was the most common way of life for people; but now the fast-paced city people only have a deep desire for courtyard life.

Courtyard has been the main form of expression of Chinese architecture for thousands of years. In building enclosure form, it was loaded with Chinese ideas and aesthetic appeal. This introverted and self-enclosed, sweet and comfortable courtyard space has ever nurtured generations of Chinese temperament, it has become the most common traditional way of life.

The courtyard homes are the most mature quintessence of the development of Chinese ancient buildings. The enclosed courtyard layout allows the space to return to the origin of life and to the best scale between human and nature, human to human.

Enclosure not only refers to physical protection, but also is something that establish the relationship between people. Enclosure forms an independent and complete local space and gives people a sense of security and belonging. Enclosure is bound to form a large spacing, both to ensure the distance of the residents’ private space, and to remove the enclosed feeling being attached due to safety, promote air circulation, creat good local environment. In a space with weak enclosing force, people in such an environment hardly feel cohesion and sense of presence.

Compared with the traditional townhouses, the courtyard villas are more private and have a strong sense of territory. All rooms and public spaces are arranged towards the private courtyard, which maximizes the utility of the courtyard landscape and enhances the uniformity of the indoor landscape; and The courtyard villas have large space, little depth, sufficient lighting, and higher flexibility in the layout of the entire unit.

“If there is a hometown in spring, summer, autumn and winter, it must be in the courtyard of the Chinese people.” The living spirit of the Chinese uniquely embodies the idea of ​​”the harmony between man and nature” and “the law of the Tao is its being what it is”, and these ideas mainly come from the courtyard. This square space encloses the emotion of “Family-country”. The meaning of the courtyard no longer stays in the display of lifestyle and serves more as a cultural carrier.

The architect Liang Sicheng once said: once get a courtyard of my own, the spirit is truly settled. Therefore, there is no residence without courtyard is a complex in the bones of every Chinese. A courtyard, enclose the family’s tender feelings inherited from generation to generation, is a place where spirit and soul meld, and it is also a concrete manifestation of Chinese people’s pursuit of the state of “the unity of man and nature”.

Since ancient times, China has advocated the “inner sageliness and outer kingliness”, which is reflected in the Chinese courtyard architecture. Just as the “Humble Administrator’s Garden” encloses the most prestigious land, the courtyard looks a secluded xanadu, lets the innumerable people admire it.