Students at a Mongolian middle school in the Urat Middle Banner of Bayan Nur, North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, learn how to play horsehead fiddles on April 10. Primary and middle schools in the city of Bayan Nur are gradually starting to offer ethnic culture courses for students, including archery, horsehair fiddle and long-tune. Interested students can sign up for the elective classes . [Photo by Zhi Maosheng/Xinhua]

Students at a Mongolian middle school in Urat Middle Banner, North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, learn Mongolian wrestling on April 10. A diverse selection of ethnic culture courses such as archery, ethnic costumes and long-tune are offered by preliminary and middle schools in the city of Bayan Nur and welcomed by the students. [Photo by Zhi Maosheng/Xinhua]