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What are the characteristics of Inner Mongolia?

A Mongolian dress

Mongolian dress, also known as Mongolian robe, mainly includes robes, belts, boots, jewelry and so on. However, there are some differences in style depending on the region. Mongolian clothing has a strong grassland style features, mainly robes, easy to saddle horse riding. Because the Mongolian people have long lived in the northern steppe, Mongolians love to wear robes regardless of gender.

Pastoral winter clothing is mostly light plate leather, there are also silk, cotton clothes face. Summer clothing more cloth. Robe body end fat, long sleeves, more red, yellow, dark blue. Men's and women's robes are not slit at the hem. Red and green satin as a belt.

Second, the horse-head fiddle

Mongolian language called "Chor", is a Mongolian stringed instrument, because the upper end of the pole carved with a horse's head and named. The music played by it is characterized by deep, rough, and exciting, reflecting the production, life, and steppe style of the Mongolian nation. The importance of the horse-head qin has far exceeded its own instrumental function, and it has become a representative symbol and emblem of Mongolian music and art.

Three, Naadam

Naadam Assembly is a traditional festival with a long history of the Mongolian people, "Naadam" in Chinese means entertainment or games, and it occupies an important position in the life of the Mongolian people. It is the people to celebrate the harvest and held in the sports and recreation conference, Naadam conference in July and August every year livestock fat season, is Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other places of Mongolia's traditional festivals and activities.

Nadam has a long history and tradition in Mongolia, during which large-scale sacrificial activities are held, lamas burn incense and light lamps, chanting Buddhist prayers for the gods to bless people and eliminate disasters.

Four, yurts

Yurts are Mongolian herders live in a house, suitable for pastoral production and nomadic life. The yurt is spacious and comfortable, it is made of special wooden frame as "hana" (fence support of the yurt), surrounded by two to three layers of wool felt, and then tied with horsehair or camel hair twisted into a rope, the top of which is made of "Unai" as a bracket and covered with "Bulehs". The top is supported by the Unai and covered with the Bulehs to give it the shape of a canopy.

The round spire with a skylight "Tao brain", covered with a square piece of wool felt "Uri Ho", ventilation, light, easy to set up, but also easy to dismantle and move, suitable for rotating pasture to go to the field to live.

Five, Mongolian headdress

Since ancient times, China has been "the country of the crown" of the name. Mongolian people in the headdress is very elaborate, different age groups, different regions of women use different headdress, they like to use red coral, agate, turquoise to make decorations. Therefore, Mongolian headdresses are rich and diverse, and each has its own characteristics.