Where culture and climate collide

Inner Mongolia's ethnic customs fill the landscapes that sired them. And their true colors come out when the terrain is pelted with white. Yang Feiyue and Yuan Hui report.

Want to see a wintertime camel pageant? Or dance in snow among nomads' sheep? Maybe live like an ethnic Mongolian herdsman? Or view a meteor shower from a place that feels like the North Pole? (It's not too far away.) How about wrestle herders on frigid prairies? Perhaps ice fishing and feeding reindeer? Wintertime is party time in the Inner Mongolia.

The cold season is when the mostly ethnic Mongolian autonomous region stages celebrations of culture and climate that lure throngs of outsiders hoping to experience unique customs and landscapes - and stay as warm as possible.