What folk activities are there to worship Aobao?

Sacrifice to Aobao is a traditional custom of Mongolian people, which is divided into big sacrifice and small sacrifice. The big sacrifice is to slaughter cattle and sheep as sacrifices, and the small sacrifice is to use dairy products as sacrifices. At that time, people from nearby villages will gather here, and Aobaoda (the leader or village head of Aobao) will handle the administrative affairs under his jurisdiction during the sacrifice period, hold a grand sacrifice activity and a grand Nadam meeting, and hold the traditional "Three Arts of the Brave" competition.

What folk activities are there to worship Aobao?

Sacrificing Aobao is one of the manifestations of grassland people's advocating natural thought and one of the national intangible cultural heritages.

The "Aobao" advocated by Mongols is also called "Brain Bao" and "Russian Bao", which means "Duizi". It is made of stone, usually built on the top of the mountain or hills, and its shape is mostly conical, with different heights.

Aobao first worshipped natural gods, and later included ancestor gods. People think that Aobao is a place where gods live and a holy place for people to worship.