Hulunbuir Nationality Museum

Hulunbuir Nationality Museum

The Hulunbuir Ethic Museum is located in downtown Hailar. It is a traditional Chinese courtyard style building. The main exhibitions at the Hulunbuir Ethnic Museum include Mongolian cultural relic exhibitions, information on the cradle of northern China’s nomadic peoples, northern hunting and nomadic homes. You can see many daily objects and traditional crafts which belonged to the people of the northern steppes. Visitors can also see many ancient artifacts such as the bronze daggers of the Qin and Han Dynasties, and three deer gold plaques from the Xianbei period.

Introduction of Hulunbuir Nationality Museum

The nationality museum provides a lot of insight into the culture of the Ewanki people that settled in Hulunbuir. It traces the culture, religion and history of migrants who were originally reindeer herders. The museum displays the daily items used by the ancient Ewankcs, as well as the lifestyles of the Mongolians. They also display the weapons used against the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war. Outside the museum they have erected replicas of the tents used in ancient times. It’s an educational experience, and it allows you to feel connected to how life in the grasslands used to feel.

Exhibits

The museum has exhibits on the ethnic groups in Hulunbuir and their history, religion and culture.The Ewanki are people that originally came from the Siberia region and settled in Hulunbuir. A current census estimates the Ewanki population to be approx. 30,000. The Ewankis are best known as reindeer herders, so quite a few exhibits were made from reindeer e.g. reindeer shoes.

The exhibits include ancient items of pottery, copper and gold. There are also daily items that were used many years ago, including clothing, hunting and fishing items.
There are displays of how ancient Ewankis used to live and the animals of the region. A war exhibit has many different types of weapons that were used in the war against the Japanese. At the end of the museum visit, there are gift and craft shops.

Hotels Nearby Mammoth Park

  • Set in Hailar, Bavaria Regent Hotel Hailar is within 1 mile of Hulun Buir Nationality Museum and within 2 miles of Genghis Khan Square. This luxury hotel is also close to Hulun Buir Prairie and within a 15-minute drive of World Antifascist War Haila’er Memorial Park.
  • Book a room at Holiday Inn & Suites Hulunbuir and you’ll be right in Hailar within 2 miles of Hulun Buir Prairie and Hulun Buir Nationality Museum. Genghis Khan Square and Hailar Xishan National Forest Park are also convenient to this hotel.
  • Super 8 Hotel Hailar Xin Qiao is located in Floor 1-3, Complex Building of Bei Guo Community, Yi Min Street, Hailar District, Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia, China. It is only 1 km to The Hulun Buir city center. The hotel has a total of 62 clean and comfortable rooms. The financial street is about 200 m from Yi Min Street for banks and other financial institutions. Also from Yi Min Street go west through the bridge, there is a street to downtown major stores and wholesale market.

How to Get There

  • Take bus No.1 and No.2 at the municipal government station.
  • Take Hailar bus No.1, No.2 and No.102 get off at National Museum Station.

Edited by  Lynette Fu/付云锐