In Zhangjiakou City, when it comes to Chabei Ranch, I think many people know that it is not the predecessor of the Chabei Management Area. It was established in 1949 and is located on the border of Zhangbei, Kangbao and Guyuan counties. It was successively subordinated to the Central Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural Reclamation Bureau of Hebei Province. He once used names such as "Dongfang Red Ranch" and "Zhangbei Ranch". However, I don't know how many people still remember that in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chabei Ranch was also a well-known "No. 3 Military Horse Farm" in the country.
The picture shows an old photo of the military horse farm
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, China built many state-run horse farms with modern scale in various horse-producing areas across the country. Zhangjiakou's state-run No. 3 Racecourse (formerly the Central No. 3 Military Racecourse) was built in 1949. It has 210,000 mu of grassland and 20,000 mu of arable land, and is one of the largest pastures established by the Ministry of Agriculture and Reclamation in North China at that time. In 1952, the cavalry division was stationed in the Chabei Ranch, where the Central No. 3 Military Horse Farm was formed to cultivate and improve military horses.
Because this place is located on the dam, the terrain is open and flat, the water and grass are abundant, and it has unique livestock conditions. It is an internationally recognized breeding climate zone and has been a famous horse breeding base since ancient times.
It is precisely because of these conditions that this military horse farm has bred one of The famous breeding horses in China, "Zhang Bei Ma", which has strong production performance due to its better appearance and structure. It is well received by people all over the country. "Zhangbei Horse" was once famous inside and outside the Great Wall, monopolizing the horse market for decades. At that time, it also introduced the excellent horse breed "Su Gao Blood" of the former Soviet Union for military horse breeding and improvement, and it was also a well-known "Su Gao Blood" horse breeding base in the country.
Today, there are still 9 large double-row (Soviet-style) stables built with the help of the former Soviet Union and more than 50 domed horse granaries with great rammed earth art, which are very distinctive. Now the military horse farm is slowly leaving us, but these preserved history and memories are enough to make us feel the glory of the third military horse farm at that time.
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