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Baotou
By Lee Maoqing ( Our tour operator and guide )

Baotou is no doubt the biggest city in Inner Mongolia, as its significance relies on the production of iron and steel, with steel mines, big or small, widely spans to the north border with Mongolia.
When visitors arrive here, negative impression is its skyline to the west is painted bronze, yellow from sandstorm which hits the city frequently, it seems there is no reason for the city to be such huge size in the gobi desert, almost not much to offer to the travelers, except the night market in the Huangheng Road, Wudangzhao, the Tibetan monastery outside the town. Wudangzhao is one of the four most famous Gelupa Sect Monasteries in China. The city museum, which is located at No. 42 of Steel Road, was newly founded in December of 1999. The local culture exhibition hall, one of the seven halls, is worth your time visiting for hours.
Travelers find themselves surrounded by Han culture downtown, while local culture is not seen only when you are out of the town. However,a few locals still have great passion devote themselves to the inheritance of Mongolian culture. These are traditional dress shops owners, culture station which lies in the No. 9 building of Qiao Family’ s Gold Street, of Donghe District in Baotou. It should be worth your time to visit the experts if you have interest know the further information about the museum.