A student learns to play Morin Khuur, a traditional Mongolian bowed string instrument featuring a horse-head carving at its top, at the Ethnic Experimental School in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, May 14, 2012.

A growing number of schools in Inner Mongolia are offering courses on the Morin Khuur. Local educational authorities hope to preserve the Mongolian indigenous culture by introducing a series of such culture-related extracurricular courses to students. (Xinhua/Zhao Tingting)