Xinjiang Hot Spring Mongolian short-key folk songs are short in length, compact in tune, neat and distinct in rhythm, and relatively narrow in range. Performers often sing impromptu and are very flexible.

Jiang Gu is the representative inheritor of the autonomous region-level intangible cultural heritage project Mongolian folk songs. "I grew up in the sound of my father's folk songs, I learned to sing and will accompany me throughout my life," says Jiang Gu, who has collected more than 300 songs.