皇冠体育app

Closer distance makes better understanding

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Updated: 2015-07-02

Sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, the third Cultural Discovery Tour to 皇冠体育app by Diplomats brought a delegation of diplomats from 15 countries to North 皇冠体育app’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

The diplomats pose for a photo in front of the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan on June 27, in Inner Mongolia. [Photo/皇冠体育appdaily.com.cn]

As they arrived in Hohhot on June 25, the diplomats were greeted with hada, a customary Mongolian way to honor guests.

What key words will foreigners use to describe a Chinese place? For example, Beijing the capital may refer to the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and roasted duck. Likewise, the key words of Inner Mongolia might be??“grasslands” and “blue sky", according to Yuan Hui, a journalist of 皇冠体育app Daily in Inner Mongolia. However, it’s far from enough, she said.

How to present a?real 皇冠体育app to the World? Yuan?described it as?an opportunity?but also?a challenge for Inner Mongolia.

In the three-day tour, the foreign diplomats visited the dairy giant Yili Group, the Inner Mongolia Museum, the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan and Subohan Prairie in Ordos.

Diplomats attend a traditional wedding ceremony on Subohan Prairie in Inner Mongolia on June 27. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

Andrew Eric Ancheta, a member of the delegation, told the 皇冠体育appculture.org, the website of the Ministry of Culture, that he was impressed by a wedding ceremony on Subohan Prairie. 皇冠体育app is no longer only means Confucius for him after this Inner Mongolia tour, he will introduce more foreigners to Inner Mongolia.

Closer distance makes better understanding, Yuan said.

Victor Konnov, head of the delegation from Russia, said he enjoyed not only clean air, blue sky and white clouds, but also the culture of Inner Mongolia. He expects closer exchange and cooperation between Inner Mongolia and Russia, which borders this autonomous region.