Atlas
Tarim Basin
Shennongjia
Hengduan Mountains
Xishuangbanna
Changbai Forest Region
Ejina
Min Mountains / Qionglai Mountains
Jiuzhaigou
Southern Qinling Foothills
Junggar Wilds
Hoh Xil
Tianshan Mountains
Yangtze Estuary Wetlands
South China Mangroves
Wuyi Mountain Tea Region
Hainan Tropical Scrub
Ejina
A poplar forest belt on the edge of the Badain Jaran Desert — living a thousand years, standing dead a thousand more, the iron-blooded warrior fighting desertification at the front line.
Prefecture: Alxa League
Province: Inner MongoliaA quiet stream winds through golden autumn poplars and reeds, reflecting the oasis beneath rolling sand dunes.
Archaeology2
- Khara-Khoto Ruins
Western Xia desert fortress ruins and Buddhist stupas rising above the shifting sands of the Silk Road.
- Ejina Ruoshui Ghost Forest
Left to wither when the river changed course, Ejina's dead poplars still stand upright, silent witnesses to desert winds and the old Western Xia city of Khara-Khoto.
Natural Wonder2
- Ejina Populus Euphratica Forest
Primeval golden populus forest along the Ejina River, an autumnal miracle of desert life.
- Black River Shelterbelt Forest
Built along the Heihe river system, this green corridor forms a desert-oasis line of defence safeguarding the environment of northern China.
In its history1
- Ubashi Khan1744–1774 CE
Part of Ejina's history: Torghut Migration. Torghut Mongol Khan who led 170,000 of his people on their epic 1771 eastward return journey from the Volga River to China.
Han1
- Juyan Frontier Fortifications and Garrison Farms102 BCE, Western Han
In 102 BCE, Lu Bode built barriers at Juyan and organized garrison farming, creating a Han frontier defense node on the northern Hexi rim.
Qing2
- Torghut Return and Settlement in EjinaQing Kangxi 37 to Qianlong 36 (1698–1771 CE)
In the Qing period, Torghut groups returned in stages and were settled in Ejina and other regions, leaving a continuing pastoral cultural tradition.
- Torghut Migration
In 1771 Ubashi led a Kalmyk-Torghut migration from the Volga toward the Qing frontier; the deadly movement was later incorporated into competing national narratives.
