Grasslands culture festival unveils in Inner Mongolia
(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2015-06-29
The 12th China Inner Mongolia Grasslands Culture Festival opened in Inner Mongolia’s capital, Hohhot, on June 25 with the focus on the Silk Road as well as the grasslands.
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The 12th China Inner Mongolia Grasslands Culture Festival opens in Hohhot on June 25. [Photo by Wang Xing/China Daily] |
The eight-day festival will include 13 kinds of culture activities, such as forums, films, exhibitions and eight plays, selected from 33 applicants by the organizing committee. There is also an art troupe from Buryatia, Russia taking part with special shows during the festival.
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Wu Lan, head of the Inner Mongolia Publicity Dept, addresses the festival’s opening ceremony, in Hohhot, on June 25. [Photo by Wang Xing/China Daily] |
Wu Lan, the head of Inner Mongolia’s Publicity Dept was on hand at the opening ceremony and explained that one of the culture festival’s goals is to study the connotations of grasslands culture and promote cultural innovation.
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Play about a Mongolian ethnic group's?author, ideologist and historian in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) makes its debut at the Culture Festival, in Hohhot, on June 25. [Photo/Xinhua] |
High-speed train debuts in Inner Mongolia
A bullet train departed Hohhot East Railway Station for Ulanqab marking the start of high-speed rail services using Inner Mongolia’s first newly-laid high-speed railway on Aug 3.
