Nomadic Life in Inner Mongolia's Horqin Grassland - China

Nomadic Life in Inner Mongolia's Horqin Grassland - China

Saintsogt gathers the livestock at their winter campsite before departing for the summer campsite on Ar Horqin Grassland, Chifeng City of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 13, 2025. Saintsogt, 55, a herdsman in Bayin-undur of Ar Horqin Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is busy with the annual summer migration covering a distance of about 100 kilometers. For the past four decades, he has completed the migration every year. Saintsogt's pasture is a part of the Ar Horqin Grassland Nomadic System, which was listed as one of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) sites by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on May 20, 2022. Herders here still keep the traditional nomadic customs today. "The travel time has been shortened to three days from eight," Saintsogt said. "The rain makes pasture grow better, and the livestock have enough forage." This year, herders from more than 1,200 households and 128,000 livestock in Bayin-undur joine

(GloriousGuizhou) CHINA-GUIZHOU-JIANHE-PALEONTOLOGY-GRASSROOTS EXPERT(CN)

(GloriousGuizhou) CHINA-GUIZHOU-JIANHE-PALEONTOLOGY-GRASSROOTS EXPERT(CN)

(240717) -- JIANHE, July 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Liu Feng's son Liu Xingyu (R) observes a fossil with a kid at the Miaoling National Geopark in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 15, 2024. Liu Feng, 55, is the curator of the Fossil Exhibition Hall in Balang Miao Village in Jianhe County. He also serves as a dedicated administrator at the Miaoling National Geopark in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Since 1990, Liu has worked with teams from the paleontological research center of Guizhou University on field scientific expeditions, helping to excavate a large number of fossils. With support from local authorities, he even transformed his home into the fossil exhibition hall, displaying the fossils collected by the research teams. When visitors come to this village, Liu Feng always shares his knowledge of fossils. Locals affectionately call him "the grassroots expert without diploma." In 2022, his son Liu Xingyu also joine

CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-DANCER-TRADITIONAL CHINESE CULTURE (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-DANCER-TRADITIONAL CHINESE CULTURE (CN)

(220428) -- URUMQI, April 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Mayla Amatjan (C) greets the audience after the performance of the dance drama "Zhang Qian" in Xinjiang Art Theater in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 22, 2022. Recently, a dance drama based on the story of Zhang Qian, a royal envoy of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-25 AD) who traveled to the Western regions over 2,000 years ago and eventually led to the opening of the Silk Road, was put on stage in Urumqi. "As a dancer of the Uygur ethnic group, participating in such a historical dance drama means a lot to me to tell Chinese stories and promote traditional Chinese culture," said actress Mayla Amatjan, one of the stars of the dance drama. Mayla Amatjan, 35, showed her talent for dance when she was only 4 years old and moved to Beijing to study with professional dance teachers at the age of 11. After finishing the study and an internship for a short period in Beijing, she returned to her hometown Urumqi and joine

CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-DANCER-TRADITIONAL CHINESE CULTURE (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-DANCER-TRADITIONAL CHINESE CULTURE (CN)

(220428) -- URUMQI, April 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Mayla Amatjan (C) greets the audience after the performance of the dance drama "Zhang Qian" in Xinjiang Art Theater in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 22, 2022. Recently, a dance drama based on the story of Zhang Qian, a royal envoy of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-25 AD) who traveled to the Western regions over 2,000 years ago and eventually led to the opening of the Silk Road, was put on stage in Urumqi. "As a dancer of the Uygur ethnic group, participating in such a historical dance drama means a lot to me to tell Chinese stories and promote traditional Chinese culture," said actress Mayla Amatjan, one of the stars of the dance drama. Mayla Amatjan, 35, showed her talent for dance when she was only 4 years old and moved to Beijing to study with professional dance teachers at the age of 11. After finishing the study and an internship for a short period in Beijing, she returned to her hometown Urumqi and joine