Subaiyin Gou Petroglyphs of Zhuozi Mountain Rock Art

15 RMB per person

Eastern Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

All year round

To be confirmed

In 1997, Wuhai was served by one major railway trunk line, the Baotou–Lanzhou Railway. There were 18 arterial highways in total, including National Highway 110 from Dengkou to Mahuanggou and National Highway 109 from Qipanjing to Shizuishan. The annual passenger transport volume hit 1.9418 million person-times, while freight volume reached 11.1647 million tons. Specifically, the railway carried 311,800 passengers and 2.4147 million tons of cargo; highways transported 1.63 million passengers and 8.75 million tons of goods.

The petroglyphs sit on the northern cliff face at the west entrance of Subaiyin Gou, 10 kilometers east of downtown and 5 kilometers southeast of Wuhai Coal Mine. Stretching roughly 10 kilometers from east to west with a width of around 400 meters, Subaiyin Gou serves as a vital thoroughfare leading to Arbasi Sum on the Ordos Grassland in Ih Ju League, with heavy flows of vehicles and pedestrians passing through every day.

The rock carvings are chiseled onto the northern cliff wall about 5 meters above the gully floor. The patterns appear pale yellow and can be seen distinctly from the bottom of the gully. Though merely three groups of motifs survive here, they are vivid and lifelike