What is the unique traditional activities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Nadam is an ancient form of sports activity loved by the Mongolian people in China, and it is also a traditional folklore activity full of distinctive national characteristics, which is most representative of the Nadam held in Xilingol League today.

"Naadamu" is the translation of the Mongolian language, is "entertainment, games" means, used to express the joy of the harvest. Naadam is an annual traditional event on the grassland, which begins on the fourth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, when the sheep are fat and the horses are strong and the grass is green and the flowers are red. Naadam has a very long history, according to the stone cliff on the "Genghis Khan stone text", Naadam first originated in the early establishment of the Mongolian Khanate, in 1206 AD, the then Genghis Khan was elected as the Mongolian Khan, in order to review their troops, as well as on the maintenance of the pasture as well as the distribution of the tribal leaders will be convened every year in July and August, in order to show unity and friendship and to celebrate a bumper harvest! In order to show unity and friendship and celebrate the harvest, all to hold Naadam. Naadam in the Yuan Dynasty has been carried out in the Mongolian steppe area very widely, and gradually evolved into a military sports program. This custom will be held every year by the Mongolian people and has been practiced to this day.

"Wrestling" is a Mongolian word that means "strong" and "wrestling", which is one of the "three arts" of the Mongolian people and belongs to the traditional sports of the Mongolian people. Wrestling has a history of about 2,000 years, and was popular in the early Western Han Dynasty, and was most widely practiced during the Yuan Dynasty, and was widely spread in the grasslands during the Qing Dynasty. The historical development and rules of Wrestling can be roughly divided into four stages of evolution: "the most barbaric, savage, civilized, modern civilization". Wrestling has a simple and solemn form of competition, which starts with the passionate and melodious sound of "Uriya" hymn, and there is no special requirement for the venue of the competition, a piece of flat grass or soil ground will do. Players are dressed in special "Zhodego", waving strong arms, dancing in imitation of lions, deer, eagles and other animal forms of the dance to enter. The rules of the game is simple and clear, there is no time limit, the participants are not divided into weight, as long as any part of the knee above the ground that is negative.