Inner Mongolia Culture Week unveils in France

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Updated: 2015-03-24

As a part of the France Inner Mongolia (China) Culture Week, a series of comprehensive exhibitions were unveiled in Courbevoie, a commune located to the west of Paris, France, on March 18.

Performers?from North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region perform an Inner Mongolian dance at the concert of "Voice of Grassland", the first unit of France Inner Mongolia (China) Culture Week on March 17. [Photo by Chen Xiaowei/Xinhua]

Five exhibitions, focusing on Inner Mongolia photos, Chinese Hongshan Culture, Chinese traditional Mongolian medicine, Inner Mongolian woodcuts, and paper-cutting works, have demonstrated the autonomous region's development in culture, art, society and economy from various angles.

The mayor of Courbevoie addressed the exhibitions’ unveiling ceremony and welcomed the culture week. He complimented the exhibitions as a window to discover and admire Inner Mongolia's history, culture and natural sceneries.

Actors play a melody featuring grassland's herdsmen at the concert of France Inner Mongolia (China) Culture Week on March 17. [Photo by Chen Xiaowei/Xinhua]

The culture week closely followed the celebration activities of the 50th anniversary of China-France relations and is expected to be a new chapter of China-France relationship, said an official of the Inner Mongolia government.

The France Inner Mongolia (China) Culture Week, from March 17 to 21, was designed as an opportunity to let foreigners know more about Inner Mongolia.

Horse-head fiddle playing goes with long tune singing at the concert on March 17. [Photo by Xing Xue/people.cn]

A concert themed "Voice of Grassland" was held in Paris on March 17 prior to these exhibitions. Performances with Inner Mongolian flavor, such as long tunes, Mongolian throat singing and matouqin or horse-head fiddle were popular among the Paris audiences.

Edited by Michael Thai