Arxan National Forest Park is a
national park in
Arxan
Arxan ( Mongolian for "Hot Springs") is a county-level city in the Hinggan League of northeastern Inner Mongolia in the People's Republic of China.
Geography and climate
Arxan is located in the northwest of Hinggan League, with latitude ranging ...
,
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...
,
China. The park was established in 2000 and rated in 2017 as a
AAAAA tourist destination. The park lies in the southwest foothill of the volcanic mountain range of the
Greater Khingan
The Greater Khingan Range or Da Hinggan Range (; IPA: ), is a -long volcanic mountain range in the Inner Mongolia region of Northeast China.
It was originally called the Xianbei Mountains, which later became the name of the northern branch of th ...
. The park is known for landscape of solidified lava formations, crater lakes and dense forests.
During a 2014 tour,
China's
paramount leader Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, ...
remarked that Arxan is "beautiful in all four seasons" and "will rise to fame by developing tourism".
A Rhododendron Festival is staged in May during the flower season to celebrate the blossom of the
Rhododendron.
References
External links
Official website
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National parks of China