The Yurts (Gers) come from a small minority factory in LanQi, Inner Mongolia, some 700 Km NW of Beijing. The area is typical of the Mongolian hinterland with treeless rolling hills dotted with sheep and milking cows. Its freezing in winter and hot in their 2 months of summer.
The term Ger is a Mongolian word for their tent houses. The word Yurt is derived from the Russian name for the same thing. Westerners and some Chinese now are using the Russian word as it probably sounds better and rolls off the tongue more easily.
This factory in Lanqi now produces about one thousand Yurt/Gers a year and began exporting in 2000. It’s a Chinese family business employing about 60 workers of Chinese and Mongolian nationalities. The working relations are very good and the Mongolian people are well respected.
The master Yurt maker has been building Yurts for more than 30 years and he is the President of the Yurt makers Guild of Inner Mongolia. He is highly respected and loved by all his workers whom receive a unique work-care program if injured. He has been the instigator of many design reforms and they are evident in the product he produces. They hold the world record for the largest yurt being 21 mtrs diameter of which there are three in existence.
The sizes produced today vary from 2.5 metres to 21 metres in diameter. The Yurts under 7 metres in diameter do not have support poles in the centre. Those 7 metres and over, have 2 or 4 dragon posts supporting the entire roof structure. We have selected to bring into Australia the 4 , 5 & 6 Metre sizes as they are the best sizes for living and recreation, although we will order special sizes if required.
The wall frames are made from plantation Willow, indigenous to Inner Mongolia. The outer-wall material layer is made from water-proof high quality canvas, whilst the insulation material can be sheep wool felt, or synthetic polyester fibre. Doors, windows and hub are made from Larch and Beech, while the roof poles are of Poplar..
The ropes are all made from hemp or horse hair. Pig hide strings are used to bind all the willow limbs of the wall frame lattice.
The designs shown on the yurts are sprayed and screened using several different design patterns. If this is not wished the yurts can come plain, or with your special motifs or Logos.
Pictorial instructions and a CD rom are included with each Yurt.
Importation
There is a very complex and involved process in the importation of Yurts. When buying from a developing nation one must expect descrepancies, some faults and hitches. Your Yurt will take approximately 2months to arrive in Australia from placing your order.
A 50% deposit is required before an order can be confirmed. No orders will be placed unless a deposit has been paid.
Due to Australian Quarantine procedures the consignment must be fumigated. This procedure is completed in China at the port.