Shopping Guide in Inner Mongolian

The strong folk flavor of Inner-Mongolia gives birth to various unique specialties including the silverware, carpet, Mongolian knife, horse head string instrument, ox horn handcrafts, cashmere and so on.

Mongolian Silverware

Mongolian Silverware have been famous dating back to Yuan Dynasty, which include bowl, knife, pot, wine vessel, harness, headwear, etc. The silverware is finely crafted, vivid in color and traditional ethnic.

Mongolian Carpet

Mongolian Carpet is characterized with elaborate technics, nice flexibility, soft handle, and colorful patterns. The Carpet is made of local wool, colored with mineral and plant biased dyes and hand woven. Its categories are abundant including natural colored carpet, archaized carpet, Han Dynasty-style carpet, and artistic tapestry.

Mongolian Knife

Mongolian Knife is the daily necessity and also the baldric of the Mongolian man. A man without his knife will be looked down upon. The Mongolian knife is in various categories and all kinds of sculpts. The blade is made of steel while the handle is made of red wood or ox horn. The scabbard is made of gold, silver and copper, carved with patterns such as dragon, tiger, cloud, head of animal, etc. The Camel-shaped Mongolian knife is particularly worth mentioning.

Horse Head String Instrument

Horse head string instrument is a bowed stringed instrument with a scroll carved like a horse's head, used by the Mongolians. At the top end of the pole, a horse head holds high fastuously, and two strings stand on each side. The body looks like a courser, while the string like the horsewhip in the shepherd. Its refined sculpt and melodious sound are vivid.

Ox Horn Handcrafts

Ancient nomads used ox horn to hold alcohol when they made an alliance, so this ox horn is called alliance cup. Now the ox horn handicrafts are roughly divided into three categories: wall-decoration, ornaments and accessories. Altogether there are more than 100 types of products such as animals, bottles and cups, necklaces, rings, earrings, hairclips, belt and calligraphy series.

Cashmere

Cashmere is a rare raw material for textile. Cashmere from Inner Mongolia is world famous. So is camel hair, which can be made into woolen cloth and carpet.