A 20-day cultural and arts feast kicked off for audiences in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Feb 26. The series activity welcomes 12 arts troupes in the autonomous region to give wonderful performances like symphony concerts, orchestral concerts, operas, Mongolian dance and singing events, and acrobatics.

Performers play a composition themed on grasslands with the sihu (a bowed string instrument with four strings, also known as khuuchir in Mongolian). [Photo by Wang Zheng/Xinhua]