Off the wire
• 1st LD Writethru: Obama calls for control of weapons after latest U.S. shooting  • Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Nov. 28  • 1st LD: China pledges resolute measures to root out poverty by 2020  • Myanmar's Kokang army ambushes gov't troops but retreats: report  • Roundup: Turkey-Russia tension likely to escalate if not contained soon  • S. Africa president calls for fair agreement on climate change  • Iran unveils new model of oil contracts to attract investments  • China pledges resolute measures to root out poverty by 2020  • Urgent: Obama calls for control of weapons after latest shooting in U.S.  • 63 percent of employed Albanians in private sector work in service, trade industries  
You are here: 　 Home

Chinese college hosts winter sport events

Xinhua, November 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

A college from north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region hosted a two-day sports meeting on Saturday, utilizing the snow and ice accumulated over the snowy week, to color the students' sports activities.

Hohhot Minzu College, which consists mainly of ethnic Mongolian students, organized a series of traditional Monglian sports items such as wrestling, archery and Mongolian throwing with snow in the sports field. More than 1,000 students and teachers participated in the activities.

Meanwhile, several students made camels, yurts and other living accessaries out of snow.

The sports activities are similar to the ones that are usually held in winter Nadam, a sports and cultural event for ethnic Mongolians to celebrate harvests and pray for good luck.

The winter Nadam usually features traditional Mongolian sports such as horse racing, camel racing and Mongolian wrestling. Endi