Top 10 Hand Gifts You Must-buy in Mongolia

Mongolia is one of the few countries in the world to retain a nomadic culture, and the period from June to August is the peak tourist season in Mongolia. So, what is the must-buy list of Outer Mongolia specialties? Here is a list of Mongolia's top ten specialties, including jerky, dairy products, wool products, leather products, kumi, milk tea, Mongolian fried rice, Mongolian robe, horse head qin, Mongolian knife. Let's take a look at more details about the top 10 local products worth buying in Mongolia and related information!

1、Mongolian Jerky (Beef Jerky, Horse Jerky)

Animal husbandry is a traditional industry in Mongolia. Meat is mainly beef and sheep meat, followed by goat meat, a small amount of horse meat, and yellow sheep meat is also hunted during the hunting season. Therefore, when you arrive in Mongolia, you must taste all kinds of local meat. In addition to eating all kinds of fresh meat, jerky is a must-shopping list of Outer Mongolia specialties, especially beef jerky, which is a national product of Mongolia and is sold in many places. In addition, horse jerky is a traditional meat product of Outer Mongolia, made from fresh horse meat after drying, which is crispy and rich in protein.

2. Dairy products (milk skin, cheese soufflé, cream, yogurt)

Mongolia raises large-scale cows and sheep and produces a lot of cow's milk, goat's milk, etc., as well as a small portion of horse's milk, deer's milk, and camel's milk, a small portion of which is used as fresh milk drink, and most of which is processed into dairy products. The Mongolian people processed the milk into two kinds of food, which are edible and drinkable: milk skin, cheese, soufflé, cream, cheese dan, milk tofu, milk candy, etc.; and drinkable: yogurt, milk wine, milk tea. If you are traveling to Mongolia, you may bring some dairy products as souvenirs, which are delicious and nutritious, and are very good for your friends and relatives.

3. Woolen products (woolen carpet, woolen scarf, woolen hat)

Mongolia as the world's major animal husbandry country, where the wool texture is soft, good warmth, so wool products are the first choice of tourists to buy, more popular wool carpets, wool scarves, wool sweaters, wool hats, cashmere shawls, wool tapestries and so on. Among them, pure wool carpet with its beautiful and generous, inexpensive and popular among tourists; wool scarf to soft and comfortable, warm and good known, so to Mongolia to play, you can go to the local regular shopping malls or specialty stores to buy some wool products, is very worthwhile.

4. Mongolia leather products (leather pouch, wine pot, leather boots)

What are the specialties of Inner Mongolia? What are the specialties of Inner Mongolia? For example, leather wine pots, leather boots, cowhide wallets and so on. Leather bag is the Mongolian daily containers of horse milk wine, nowadays is not simply as a wine vessel, more as a collection. Mongolian boots are made of cowhide, horsehide or donkeyhide, sturdy and durable, waterproof and cold-resistant performance is good, the style is roughly divided into the tip of the boot on the roll, half-roll and the flat bottom is not rolled three kinds, respectively, are suitable for walking in the desert, arid grasslands and wet grasslands. Mongolian boots fine workmanship, boot tops, boot leg more embroidered or cut and paste with exquisite floral patterns.

5. horse milk wine (taste mellow / slippery / sweet and sour / milk flavor fragrant) 

horse milk wine is one of the traditional Mongolian people's famous wine, horse milk as raw materials, using fermentation, distillation and other processes made. The brewed Mongolian horse's milk wine is generally translucent, moderate alcohol, not only drink the taste of round, smooth, sweet and sour, fragrant milk flavor, but also the nature of the warmth, with cold, blood, tendon, stomach and other effects. Horse milk wine has an important position in the traditional culture of the Mongolian people, and was once the main drink of the court of the Yuan Dynasty and the Mongolian aristocrats, one of the “eight treasures of Mongolia”, and nowadays, it has become one of the necessary drinks for the Mongolian people in their daily life and for entertaining their guests and friends on the festivals and auspicious days of the year.

6. Mongolian Milk Tea (famous for its unique practice and rich flavor)

Milk tea is one of the traditional beverages of nomadic people, made of brick tea water and fresh milk boiled with a little salt and butter, with a salty flavor, in addition to being used to quench the thirst, but also to supplement the human body a major method of nutrition. Tea contains tannins, amino acids, essential oils, caffeine and vitamins C, D, B and other nutrients, has a strong heart, diuretic, spleen, blood, bone, refreshing and brain and strengthen the walls of blood vessels and other medicinal functions, as well as to dissolve fat, promote digestion and other functions. It is said that a day without tea, dizziness, food and drink, can not sleep at night, is a description of the Mongolian milk tea.

7.  Mongolia fried rice (fragrant and refreshing / hunger / eating convenient and diverse)

What are the specialties of Mongolia? Fried rice, Mongolian written as “ᠬᠠᠭᠤᠷᠤᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠪᠤᠳᠠᠭ ᠠ” (sound: Haorisenbada), meaning fried rice. Mongolian fried rice is steamed, fried, milled and other processes and processed, fragrant and refreshing, hunger, is a unique flavor of the traditional food of the Mongolian people. How to eat Mongolian fried rice? Fried rice can be chewed and eaten directly, you can also be more sophisticated, softened with milk tea, mixed with milk food to eat, or more enjoyable, with white cream mixed with sugar to eat, or, with fresh milk to cook fried rice milk porridge, with lean meat to cook fried rice meat porridge to eat.

8. Mongolian robe (with a strong grassland style characteristics)

Mongolian robe is a very popular souvenir of Mongolia, from the material, craftsmanship, style to wear the way and the use of the process are reflected in the nomadic customs, men's robes are generally fatter, women's robes are tighter to show the women's figure of the slim and fit. Mongolians like to wear robes all year round, spring and fall wear folder robes, summer wear single robes, winter wear leather robes, cotton robes, day can be clothes, night can be robes. It is understood that jewelry, robes, belts and boots are the four main parts of the Mongolian robe, women's heads are decorated with onyx, pearls, gold and silver made of very ethnic style.

9. Horse head fiddle (clear/bright tone with distinctive artistic style)

Things to buy in Mongolia: Horse-head fiddle, known as “Chaoer” in Mongolian, is a two-stringed stringed instrument with a trapezoidal body and a handle carved in the shape of a horse's head, which is a favorite instrument of the Mongolian people. As a representative of the heritage and development of Mongolian history and art, the Horse Head Qin has had a certain influence on the world's national music forms by utilizing its unique sound. Horse-head qin can not only be used for playing, but also can be used as decorative items or collectibles, which is favored by many tourists who like music. 

10.Mongolian Knife (Various types/shapes/sizes)

What is Mongolia famous for? Mongolian knife, Mongolian herdsmen's life tools, both herdsmen indispensable daily necessities, but also a kind of decorative items, but also the famous crafts specialties of Inner Mongolia. Pure handmade Mongolian knife a variety of different shapes, sizes, handles and sheaths are very elaborate, steel, wood, silver, horn, bone system, etc., some also inlaid with silver, copper and aluminum floral patterns, and some even inlaid with gemstones. Mongolian knife is not only practical, but also craftsmanship, beautiful and generous, is a set of self-defense, personal play of rare items, become popular gifts, such as birthdays, festivals, anniversaries of the best gifts. (It should be noted that: Mongolia knife belongs to the control of knives, is prohibited to take on trains and airplanes, buy need to consider how to take away.)