Young musicians embrace art festival

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Updated: 2017-06-28

Teenagers play hammered dulcimers during the Inner Mongolia Division Trials of China International Youth Art Festival on June 27, 2017. Hundreds of young musicians competed in nine performance events including the cucurbit flute, violin, horsehead fiddle (a Mongolian bowed-stringed musical instrument with a scroll carved like a horse’s head), erhu (a two-stringed bowed instrument), Chinese zither, and singing.?[Photo/hhhtnews.com]

A boy performs a stand-up comedy routine during the Inner Mongolia Division Trials of China International Youth Art Festival on June 27, 2017. The youth art trials were divided into six groups according to age. The event has established a platform for teenagers to display their musical talent alongside to exchange with peers, according to the organizers. [Photo/hhhtnews.com]