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"Feel China" project helps Mongolians better understand China

Xinhua, August 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

The cultural exchange project "Feel China" to help Mongolians better understand its southern neighbor kicked off Thursday with a show on the charms of China at the National Gallery in the Mongolian capital.

Fine pictures, 3D films, Virtual Reality (VR) experiences, a book fair and an interactive performance of Chinese intangible cultural heritage at the show, among others, offered the audience a multidimensional and vivid way to understand China's history and its modern vigor.

"When I traveled to China, I visited the Chinese emperor's palace and now I visit the Temple of Heaven in Mongolia using VR technology. It is amazing," said Zolboo, a 27-year-old Mongolian businessman.

The 3D film on China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region excited the 28-year-old photographer Uugansukh.

"I can see camels. I can see a beautiful natural environment. It can show everything in 360 degrees," he said.

More than 300 people, including state and local government officials from China and Mongolia, diplomats and figures from various fields of Mongolia attended the opening ceremony and visited the show titled "Beautiful China."

The project "Feel China" will last through Aug. 30. It will also feature the 7th China-Mongolia press forum and a show on the 12 Chinese zodiac signs as well as present programs such as the best Chinese children's dramas.

Late on Thursday, the performance at Ulan Bator's central palace of culture by a children's choir from Hulunbuir of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region won applause from a more than 1,200-strong Mongolian audience.

Famous ethnic Mongolian singers from China who are also popular among Mongolians entertained their Mongolian fans with live performances and even popular Mongolian songs.

"We come here to watch live performance of Uudam, our favorite singer. He is very cute and talented," Battsetseg Namjil, a Mongolian teenage fan of the young singer Uudam, said before the performance.

To reward his Mongolian fans, Uudam had promised in an interview with local media to sing the popular Mongolian song 'Mother in the Dream' for his Mongolian fans.

"They love this song," he said.

The project "Feel China," launched under the framework of a China-Mongolia cultural cooperation agreement signed between the Chinese and Mongolian governments, is co-sponsored by China's State Council Information Office, the government of China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia and Mongolia's Ministry of Culture. Endi