锡林郭勒盟东乌旗境内有一个盐湖,名叫额吉淖尔盐湖,“额吉”蒙语就是“母亲”的意思,额吉淖尔也称为“母亲湖”。在民间流传着这样一个传说:当年成吉思汗大军辗转作战路过此地,正直烈日当头,人困马乏,饥渴难忍之时,忽然出现一位慈祥的老额吉(蒙古族老妈妈)从头上摘下一条金簪向天边一挥,只见一条莹莹闪光的水系,缓缓降落在这片草原大地,形成了一片湖水。从远处望去,湖水不仅像一颗晶莹剔透的宝玉镶嵌在绿色 There is a salt lake in the territory of Dongwuqi in Xilinguole League. It is called the Quetzal salt lake. The meaning of “Quji” and “Mongolian” means “mother”, and Quetzalore is also called “mother lake”. In the folk circulating such a legend: when the army of Genghis Khan was passing through this area, the integrity of the sun, the people sleepy lacking in hunger and thirst, suddenly appeared a kind old old boy (Mongolian mom) pick off a gold Hairpin swing to the horizon, saw a Yingying flash of water, slowly landing in this grassland, forming a lake. Looking from afar, the lake is not only glittered like a crystal gemstone set in green