Winter travel in Inner Mongolia, come to Taibus Banner and enjoy the Winter Nadam Festival!
by The Seas of Grass - Xilingol Cultural Tourism
Jun 26, 2025
🥳 The first "Mongolian Horse Spirit Cup" China Horse Capital Xilingol Mongolian Horse Super League and Taibus Banner Winter Nadam Festival are about to begin! 🎉 Lots of exciting activities, wonderful performances, and grassland delicacies await visitors to explore!
📌【Taibus Banner Winter Nadam Festival】Guide
🕒 Time: Starts at 10:00 AM on December 18
Location: Taibus Banner Canglang Tribe Tourist Area
🎈 Opening Ceremony:
✔ Ulan Muqir warming-up performance.
✔ Participating horse teams, referee teams, wrestling teams, and winter Chahar costume performance teams from each gacha enter and line up at designated spots.
✔ Leaders deliver speeches and officially announce the start of the event.
✔ Two torchbearers ride horses into the venue to light the Toraga.
✔ A singer rides a horse to passionately sing the "Ode to the Mongolian Horse."
✔ Ulan Muqir cultural and artistic performances.
✔ Organize all attendees to sing and dance around the fire circle.
🏇 Competition Events:
① 15 km endurance race
② Team relay race (6000 meters)
③ Horse beauty contest
📸 Visitors can watch contestants galloping across the snowy plains, fiercely competing! Capture stunning horse racing photos! See various agile and famous horses.
🤼 New Year Winter Wrestling Competition:
128 outstanding wrestlers from Taibus Banner, Zhengxiangbai Banner, Xianghuang Banner, Zhenglan Banner, and other banners and counties will compete here.
🏹 Traditional Mongolian Archery Competition:
Excellent archers gather to present exciting archery contests, showcasing the charm of traditional Mongolian archery. Visitors can learn skills while watching!
💅 Winter Chahar Ethnic Costume Show:
Models wear charming winter Chahar ethnic costumes on the runway, displaying the cultural charm of traditional Chahar attire.
📸 "Horseback Travel Photography - Grassland Breeze from the Grassland":
This travel photography project is based on Taibus Banner’s natural scenery, cultural landscape, and imperial horse culture, providing professional photographers, makeup artists, Mongolian ethnic costumes, and more. Visitors can shoot stunning natural grassland photos with horses in indoor and outdoor settings, grasslands, and villages. There are also equestrian riding training and Mongolian folk experiences to enjoy.
🍲 Intangible Cultural Heritage Delicacies on the Table:
Visitors can taste special grassland foods such as intangible cultural heritage youmian noodles, hand-held meat, pot tea, dairy products, and more in the scenic area.
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🥳 Visitors who love horse culture can also visit the "Taibus Banner Imperial Horse Garden" scenic area, learn equestrian riding at the Imperial Horse Garden Equestrian School, understand horse culture, and watch equestrian performances. ✒️ Talented visitors can participate in the "Mongolian Horse Spirit" Cup themed photography and essay contest, and the "Horseback Culture" filming activities, expressing their passion through words, pictures, and videos!
(Photo sources: Trip.com Travel Experts @Backpacker's Notes, Army on the Road, Nan Baobao’s Original Chicken)
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