What are the customs of Baotou?

1. Nadam convention

Every year in July and August of the lunar calendar, also known as the Mongolian Game Festival, is a traditional festival of the Mongolian people, which is held in this season of rich aquatic plants and fat cattle and sheep. Nadam is Mongolian, meaning "entertainment" or "game". Besides recreational activities, Nadam is also a market for agricultural and animal husbandry materials. There are also ethnic diets, such as beef and mutton and its smoked products, cheese, milk powder, cream, milk bumps, milk tofu, yogurt and so on.

2. Happy Spring Festival

Mongolians call it "New Year". Before the festival, people should make a beautiful Mongolian robe, prepare mutton and various dairy products, and add a few jars of wine. On New Year's Eve, the whole family sat among the yurts and began to eat and drink. Usually, they should eat and drink more. On New Year's Eve, people will also offer "farewell wine" to their elders, sit around and eat jiaozi, play "Garaka" (chess), listen to stories told by artists, stay up all night and indulge in joy.

3. Horse Milk Festival

In the late August of the lunar calendar, the traditional Mongolian festivals mainly focus on drinking koumiss, hence the name. Generally, it is held in late August of the lunar calendar, and the date is not fixed and lasts for one day. In order to celebrate the bumper harvest and bless each other, besides preparing enough kumiss, we also treat guests with "hand-grilled meat", hold horse racing activities, invite folk singers to sing greetings, and present gifts to the elderly of Mongolian medicine.

4. Lantern Festival

Every year on the 25th day of the Lunar New Year 10, as night falls, every household lights butter lamps to celebrate. The entertainment activities of the day included horse racing, camel racing, wrestling, archery, tug-of-war, folk singers playing and singing, folk dance and so on.

5. Nanhaizi River Lantern Festival

Nanhaizi River Lantern Festival in Old Baotou is held on the second day of the seventh lunar month every year. There are different opinions about the origin of this festival: First of all, it is a sacrifice to the river god, because this season is the rainy season in Baotou. When the Yellow River rises, boat owners and residents on the South China Sea will make various river lanterns and put them into the Yellow River every year to respect the river god and protect everyone.