Music and Operas

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  • Grassland culture festival to take place in Hohhot

    2022-07-27

    The 19th China Inner Mongolia Grassland Culture Festival is scheduled to be held in Hohhot from July 30 to Aug 31.

  • Passion for Sino-Japanese exchanges memorialized in song

    2022-01-27

    Chinese composer Li Hong was amazed when she read the lyrics of a song written in Chinese by former Japanese businessman Kawakami Sadao.

  • Traditional instruments resonate in the modern age

    2021-10-08

    Music students attracted to the sounds of ancient China.

  • Inner Mongolian choir triumphs at international festival

    2021-06-21

    A-minor Vocal Orchestra from North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region recently hit the headlines when it triumphed at an international festival.

  • A song for the grasslands

    2021-03-18

    Inner Mongolia's remote corners provide the stage for entertainers ready to perform.

  • Mongolian art of singing, Khoomei

    2020-12-21

    Khoomei, or Hooliin Chor (‘throat harmony’), is a style of singing in which a single performer produces a diversified harmony of multiple voice parts, including a continued bass element produced in the throat.

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    Manhan Opera

    2020-04-27

    Originating from Baotou -- mostly from Tumd Right Banner in North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region -- Manhan Opera is a kind of local opera based on er ren tai which in Chinese literally means “two people on stage”.

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    Mongolian chor

    2020-04-02

    One of North China Inner Mongolia autonomous region’s renowned musical instruments, the chor is known as a “cultural diamond” there and was widely played in the Horqin Grasslands as early as the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) – becoming one of the main instruments for court music.

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