Source: People's Daily - Inner Mongolia Channel Original Manuscript
People's Daily Hohhot, February 15 (Fu Lijuan, intern Dong Bozhong) The 7-day "Fifteenth Sai Shang Old Street Intangible Cultural Heritage Temple Fair and Chi Lechuan Lantern Festival Lantern Festival Lantern Festival Music Season" ended wonderfully on the morning of February 15 (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month). This is the first excellent traditional cultural temple fair held in Inner Mongolia with "intangible cultural heritage" as the core element.

Intangible Cultural Heritage Temple Fair Site. Photo by intern Dong Bozhong

Intangible Cultural Heritage Temple Fair. Photo by intern Dong Bozhong
The main activities of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month include: more than ten intangible cultural heritage inheritance projects display experience, national intangible cultural heritage project two-person art performance, intangible cultural heritage horse head fiddle art performance, and 13 community fire performance teams from Hohhot City, Yuquan District Street Office and townships jointly presented a wonderful community fire parade performance. Ulan Muqiqi in Yuquan District contributed wonderful songs and dances. Wang Zhanxin, a famous two-person performance artist, national first-class actor, and intangible cultural heritage inheritor of two-person art, performed the two-person "Lights of the Prosperous Times" to the audience, bringing a successful conclusion to the event.

community fire performance. Intern Dong Bozhong photographed

traditional two-person art performance. Photo by intern Dong Bozhong
This event officially kicked off on February 8 (the eighth day of the first lunar month) and ended on February 15 (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month). There are intangible cultural heritage project display and experience activities every day, and there are yangge, gongs and drums, dragon dance and other community fire performances. According to incomplete statistics, tens of thousands of people watch the performance every day. Citizens and tourists are welcome to visit Sai Shang Old Street often and contribute to the creation of a beautiful landscape of "beautiful Qingcheng and Grassland City".