Thailand princess Sirivannavari Nariratana (center) sips tea with Chinese ambassador to Thailand Han Zhiqiang and his wife at a tea-themed cultural salon at the Chinese embassy in Bangkok on May 3, 2023. [Photo provided to Chinaculture.org]AYajicultural salon,Tea for Harmony, was h...

In Huaxian and its surrounding counties, shadow puppetry troupes are always invited to perform at weddings and funerals.Shadowplay is a form of opera that is performed by musicians that manipulate puppets to tell a story whose shadows are cast on an illuminated screen. This form of theat...

Melodious, exquisite and sentimental. These romantic features make Kunqu Opera one of the most loved art forms in China.Born in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, Kunqu Opera distinguished itself by the virtuosity of its rhythmic patterns and became widely popular during the Ming Dynasty (13...

In Huaxian and its surrounding counties, shadow puppetry troupes are always invited to perform at weddings and funerals.Shadowplay is a form of opera that is performed by musicians that manipulate puppets to tell a story whose shadows are cast on an illuminated screen. This form of theat...

Duan Yuguo molds cloth shoes with a hammer at his workshop in Gaozhuang village, Ruyang county, Henan province.[Photo provided to China Daily]Cloth shoes with "thousand-layered soles", called qiancengdi buxie in Mandarin, have long been deemed by the Chinese, especially the older generatio...

Performers stage a fish-shaped lantern dance, a local intangible cultural heritage art, at Huizhou ancient town in Huangshan, Anhui province, in January. [PHOTO BY SHI YALEI/FOR CHINA DAILY]The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has called for efforts to promote the integration of intangible cultural h...