The Brief Introduction of Singing Sand Ravine

    The Singing Sand Ravine, the state AAAA beauty spot, situated in the middle of the Dalate Banner in Ordos city Inner Mongolia. You can reach the spot through the highway from HuheHaote to the east of Baotou; it is 50 km far from the south of Baotou. It was assigned as the kinds of natural desert scenic spot, it was officially opened to the public by the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region in January in 1984, and the Singing Sand Ravine was lined in the list of the state scenic spots in 1991, in 2002, it became the state AAAA beauty spot.
    Singing Sand Ravine，a perfect scenic spot is famous throughout the world for its singing ----capable sand , back of the Kobqi which was reputed as the dragonhead of the desert, and got another name resonant “yinken”.
    Singing Sand Ravine is 110 meters in height and 200 meters in width, 45 degrees in gradient with crescent topography creates a massive echoing sand wall .it is a marvelous, top-notch natural tourism resource. The transparent water in the desert ----the desert lake is 2 km from the crescent echoing sand wall, and it is a small square sand that it is humid year in and year out. It was regarded as the “desert sweet fountain”. There is a field higher than the desert from the desert lake towards the west 3 km. the field is 1486 meters above the sea level. There is the famous yinken yurt on it. The mysterious phenomenon that the sand can sing attracts the tourists from all over the world to come and enjoy on it.
    The reason of the Singing sand is various, the scientists made many researches and acquired several theories, and the answer for the myth of the Singing Sand Ravine is still on the process.
    The Singing Sand Ravine is the combination of the sacred culture of the desert and the rhythm of the Mongolian, merging with the passionate activities and the unique ethnic features. It contains particular and mysterious scenery.
    The splendid Kobqi desert scenery, the first desert cable car in the world, the biggest camel group in china, the first class Mongolian minority troupe. All of these are the Singing Sand Ravine’ unique culture features. there are many excited and venturous activities which is full of the character of the desert tourism, the tourists can take the cable car to enjoy the scenery of the spot, look down the marvelous phenomenon, slide from the top of the desert and dance with the sand, ride the camel and take the desert surfing car to meet the desert in the nearest distance. The spot equipped the convenient accommodations to the tourists in the deep of the desert. The famous Mongolian custom performance “the Ordos Wedding”, the large-scale desert Mongolian dance ,and hot desert-----the desert campfire, original fire culture performance ,etc. all these unique activities will accompany the tourists enjoy the mysterious panorama of the desert. The long history of the “ordos wedding” is the most distinctive and the largest form of the wedding. The charming dance “ordos wedding” which is arranged by singing sand ravine minority troupe，it combines the custom, rites, dressing, singing, dance and music. Merging the feeling with the dance, merging the feeling with the song, full of the auspicious, joyful, and passionate aura, it shows the charming of the ethnic cultures.
    We have the “China & Ordos Singing Sand Ravine tourism festival” per year. and it starts in September every year, there are many colorful actions:
“the fashion show about the desert cultures”, and “the Mongolian ethnic dressing show”,” the game about the desert photograph and picture show”, etc.These various actions, competitions，topic parties, and every crazy nights in the desert are wonderful for the tourists.
    The Singing Sand Ravine is not only the mysterious natural beauty spot, but also the happiest world of desert cultures.