what's your impression of inner mongolia

我在这折腾了一下午，看见的都是中国人。。

Yeah, the sheep were great. I only passed through Mongolia quickly once and, unfortunately, that was one of the few times I succumbed to the (for me) dreaded tour. Got a traditional dance by a bunch of smiling girls in traditional costumes by day. At night they all put on their normal clothes and went back to their apartments leaving us tourists to our traditional concrete yurts. :-( One of these years I'll go back without the guide.

Hi sophie20461, 我好想去内蒙古玩一趟，吃涮羊肉，喝奶茶！ 可是我一直以为你老家是甘肃的。 你到底是哪里人啊？

change 在中国有种说法叫祖籍。我祖籍是甘肃啊，但是我现在的家是在内蒙古哦。 老家和家乡在平常的口语中是有点不一样的呵呵。 欢迎你到内蒙来哦！涮羊肉和奶茶都是我的最爱。

Love it. The best hotpot I've ever had was in Baotou in Inner Mongolia. "Little Sheep" is also pretty good, and it's supposed to be Mongolian-style hotpot, right?

Hi sophie, 谢谢你的回信。哎呀，原来是那么回事，挺有意思的！ 你出生在甘肃，你的祖籍或说是原籍当然也在甘肃， 而且老家往往意味着祖籍，所以你老家就等于你的出生地。 反过来说，老家不一定是你父母现在所在的地方。

changye 你误会了哦。应该是老家不一定是现在住的地方但是也不一定非得是自己的出生地，老家在很大程度上的意义是父亲或是爷爷的出生地。 我如果说我是内蒙人那么我家现在一定是在内蒙。而且说我老家是哪里哪里，则不一定了。

trevelyan you know much about inner mongolia, haha. yes the "little sheep" and hotpot are very famous in there. and "little sheep" is famous in the whole Country hehe. Baotou is a important industry city in my hometown, some times it more famous than huhehaote(呼和浩特）——the center of inner mongolia. and near my home. just need 4 hour to arrive there

Hi sophie, > 老家和家乡在平常的口语中 > 是有点不一样的 请问，老家和家乡有什么区别啊？

Somewhere in this podcast, you've got Cpod Dave's comment about inner mongolia : ;o) http://chinesepod.com/extra/beauty-ideals-and-ayi/discussion

Inner Mongolia... one place on my list of places to go to in China

changye 北京和上海你都可以说是你的老家，中国人有山不亲，水亲，水不亲，人亲，人不亲来土还亲的思想。所以中国人觉得同是一个地方的人会很亲，即老乡亲。所以你遇到上海人就说你老家是上海，遇到北京人就说你老家是北京，呵呵这样可以拉近彼此关系。呵呵！社交课。

wildyaks welcome to inner mongolia. hope that day come soon!hehe

My ancestors are from Inner Mongolia. For me, music (吉祥三宝 brougt it to national popularity) really sums it up: the culture, the people, the land. Freedom, horses, grassland, courage. I suppose i have a rather romanticised impression of inner Mongolia.

i also love that song and that girl , so cute and the her voice is so sweet. http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_cf00XMjY0NTEwOTI=.html

I lived in Hohhot for almost a year. There's something so addictive about inner mongolia which makes you feel like going back there all the time...the people,music,the hotpot,the mongolian bars. Would recommend anyone travelling to Beijing to make a visit to this beautiful province and check out the grasslands.

I love the sheep in the video. Ha!

Hi sophie, 再问一下！ (1) 你父亲和爷爷出生在北京 (2) 你是生在上海，长在上海的 (3) 现在你父母住在广州 那么，一般来说，你的老家是哪一个城市啊？