Xining, located at the junction of the Loess Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, is a multi-ethnic city, and its cultural and artistic development has strong national and local characteristics. Butter carving, pile embroidery and mural painting in Ta 'er Temple, the holy place of Tibetan Buddhism, are known as the three wonders of art, and the Regong art in Huangnan Prefecture and the peasant paintings in Huangzhong are also well-known at home and abroad.

As of 20 12, there are 5 professional art groups in Xining with 585 performers, including 5 provincial troupes and 362 performers. There are 3 municipal troupes with 223 cast members. There are 6 libraries and 7 museums in this city. There are 2 radio stations and 2 TV stations in the city, with 98.86% and 99.5% radio and TV population coverage respectively, and 350,000 cable TV users. Published all kinds of newspapers 15, with a circulation of103.45 million; 49 kinds of magazines, 4,654.38+0.7 million copies; There are 788 kinds of books, 1 1 140000 volumes. Traditional operas mainly include Hu Mei Opera, Fairy Comment Opera, Tibetan Opera, Deng Ying Opera, Henan Opera and Shaanxi Opera.

Quyi mainly includes Pingxian, Yuexian, Xiaxian, Daoqing and Xiao Xian.

Song and dance music mainly includes the social fire of the Han nationality, Zhao An of the Tu nationality, the banquet dance of the Hui nationality, the wedding dance of the Salar nationality, the pot dance of the Tibetan nationality, and the temple music played by Tibetan Buddhist monasteries during sacrifices, ceremonies and ceremonies. Folk songs mainly include flowers loved by Han, Hui, Tu and Salar people, and Yi people loved by Tibetan people.

Qinghai is the hometown of flowers, Hehuang flowers are the soul of northwest flowers, and the most beautiful "flowers" are holy flowers watered with the purest source water of the Three Rivers. People of Han, Tibetan, Hui, Tu and Salar nationalities live here. Whether you are farming in the fields, grazing in Shan Ye, going out to work, or catching a bus on the road, as long as you have leisure, you should scatter a few melodious "flowers". It can be said that everyone has a golden voice to sing Flowers and Teenagers. When farmers in Qinghai sing Flowers, Zhang Xiuhua and Wang Fugui in the village will burst into tears. Flowers are as common as daily diet for Qinghai people.

"Hua 'er" is a folk song that originated in Qinghai and is popular in Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia and Xinjiang. There are many lyrics, which are of great literary and artistic value and are called the soul of the northwest. "Flowers" originated in Linxia. In the process of development, due to the influence of different popular areas and northwest national culture, different schools and artistic styles have been formed. Buddhism, Islam, Taoism, Christianity and Catholicism coexist, and Tibetan Buddhism and Islam have far-reaching influence. Ta 'er Temple is one of the six largest Tibetan Buddhist temples in China, and Dongguan Mosque is one of the four largest mosques in northwest China.

Hui people believe in Islam, and there are many mosques in places where Hui people live in compact communities. There are Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Holy Day every year.