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National Handicraft Articles and National Daily-used Articles
National handicraft articles mainly includes Balin stone carvings, Jixueshi carvings, the handicraft articles carved out of jade, agate, animals bones and animal's horns, gold or silver jewels, ornaments and other handiwork made of such metals as brass. The famous national handicraft articles are Silver Horse Ornament-Gaining an Immediate Victory, and Silver Horse Ornament--Arrival of the Good Fortune. The national daily-used articles (referring to the articles which the people of minority nationalities need in their daily life) are mainly as follows: Mongolian folding chair, Mongolian chess, snuff bottle, notional toys, copper hot pot, machine-made copper hot pot, sliver bowl, ox horn cup, Mongolian-style hat, Mongolian yurt, Mongolian boots, Yongshi brand boots, saddle, the sword placed under the pillow for dealing with surprise attacks, knife with the horse head-shaped handle, prince's waist sword, Love Mongolian Knives, IM brand cloth piece-wool-padded toys, Changcheng brand tapestry, etc.

Wool and Goatshair Textiles

The wool textile industrial bases of Inner Mongolia have been set up in Hohhot, Baotou, Chifeng, Dongsheng, Tongliao and Hailar. The famous and quality products are as follows.
Ordos brand goatshair sweater, Luda brand wool sweater, Huangfei brand knitting wool, Rongguan brand goatshair muffler, Changcheng brand 99-line hand-made carpet, Luzhou brand dyed adhesive-bonded wool carpet, Tiantan brand antique-imitating carpet, Feima brand 100-line hand-made Qianlong carpet, Baoma brand 65215 jacquard woolen blanket, Wanping brand 46510 multi-color jacquard woolen blanket, etc.
Alcoholic Drinks
Damingta Ningcheng laojiao (white spirits), Xiangyang Chen Qu liquor, Wanshanlikou wine, Hongrong brand Hongmao liquor, Genyang brand red bilberry wine, Panlong brand sallow thornberry wine, Tuowang brand white spirits, Sour milk koumiss, Xing-an brand specially-brewed red bilberry wine, Narsong brand narsong liquor, Feidie brand beer containing 12% of alcohol, Hailar brand beer containing 11% of alcohol, etc.

Animals, Plants and Others

More than 600 species of wild plants, which are economically valuable, grow in Inner Mongolia, such as hazelnuts, shiny-leaved yellow horn, Red bilberry, acorn, narrow-leaved oleaster, black moss and mushroom. More than 500 species of wild plants, which have medicinal effects on diseases, also grow in Inner Mongolia, including saline distance, membranous milk vetch and so on. A lot of wild birds and animals live in Inner Mongolia, including swallow, duck, turtledove, sable and fitch. Sable, fitch, pilose antler of a young stag, deer's penis, deer's tendor and so on are all valuable traditional Chinese medicine. Moose's nose, bear's paw, "China Medical Stone", Balin Color Stone and other things are all the famous quality products of Inner Mongolia.