Traditional Mongolian culture taught in kindergarten

By Liu Yufen (chinadaily.com.cn)

Updated: 2014-03-26

A teacher shows children how to serve guests with traditional Mongolian dairy food on March 24 in the Hohhot Mongolian Kindergarten, North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. A “Traditional Mongolian Culture Day” was held in the kindergarten on the same day, where the kids could experience traditional Mongolian culture from a variety of activities that involved Mongolian costumes, food and arts. [Photo by Wang Zheng/Xinhua]

Children sit in a circle to appreciate the playing of a horse head fiddle, a unique Mongolian musical instrument, in the Hohhot Mongolian Kindergarten during a “Traditional Mongolian Culture Day”, on March 24. [Photo by Wang Zheng/Xinhua]

Kids in traditional Mongolian wrestler costumes perform the hawk dance as a part of the “Traditional Mongolian Culture Day” activities on March 24. The hawk is regarded as a symbol of victory in Mongolian culture. [Photo by Wang Zheng/Xinhua]

A teacher shows the children how to make “guozi”, a Mongolian specialty food, during the traditional culture day on March 24. [Photo by Wang Zheng/Xinhua]