China’s 7th Ethnic Culture and Art Festival was held in Hohhot on July 8, attracting hundreds of dancers across a range of traditions to perform assorted and striking dances.
Hundreds of herdsmen circled around a cone-shaped mound called Aobao to offer livestock and libation on July 6, praying to the spirits for peace and a good harvest.
Fires burning in Mongolia recently started to spread across forests in Inner Mongolia’s northern Greater Hinggan Mountains. A total of six areas of forest caught fire on July.
Baotou’s Shiguai district has been a pacesetter in Inner Mongolia autonomous region in terms of its transformation and industrial upgrading, according to baotounews.com.cn.
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.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the autonomous region, during which various celebrations are planned to showcase its prosperity and ethnic diversity.
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