On August 8th, the Ninth Ulan Muqir Art Festival (also the 2022 Hinggan League 
Nadam Fair) kicked off in Horqin Right Front Banner, Hinggan League, Inner 
Mongolia Autonomous Region, according to the Publicity Department of Horqin 
Right Front Banner.

At the opening ceremony, 22 Ulan Muqir troupes put on performances one by one 
in the sequence of their establishment years and offered a cultural feast for 
the audience. The repertoire covered a variety of wonderful performances 
including the song "Ride on Galloping Horse to Guard our Frontier", Holboo "Red 
Melody", and situational dance "Always Be the Red Artist Calvary on the 
Grassland", etc., which brought great enjoyment to the audience as the 
atmosphere reached its climax. A total of 170,000 farmers and herdsmen 
participated in this event.

Apart from the six activities (the opening ceremony, cultural performances, 
performances to benefit the people, Specialty-and-Versatility competition, Ulan 
Muqir reform and development seminar, and the closing ceremony of the 
festival), in this year's Ulan Muqir Art Festival, Hinggan League Nadam Fair 
will also be held simultaneously with activities including poetry Nadam, 
traditional food Nadam, music Nadam, as well as horse racing, archery, and 
wrestling. 

The event is held in the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia, at the southern 
foot of the Daxing'an Mountains, and in the center of the four grasslands of 
Horqin, Hulunbuir, Xilingol, Mongolia. This venue boasts the spectacular Ulan 
Maodu Grassland that covers an area of more than 8,000 square kilometers and 
has rich tourism resources.

Source: Publicity Department of Horqin Right Front Banner