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Miao embroiderer takes ethnic intangible heritage to world stagePan Yuzhen is an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Miao embroidery of the Miao ethnic group.[Photo/Xinhua]Pan Yuzhen, 77, was embroidering flying butterflies and peonies while leaning against a window.Hailing from Taijiang county of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture in S...
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The fabric of Chinese cultureThe Nanjing Yunjin Research Institute adopts yunjin technique in replicating cultural relics, including a garment that belonged to an empress from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).[Photo provided to China Daily]Silk has always been interwoven with the nation's history, and the textiles that em...
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Sending Away the Major Heat BoatTaizhou people are sending away the Major Heat boat at the Temple of Five Saints in Jiaojiang District of Taizhou City in Zhejiang Province on July 22, 2012.Sendingaway the Major Heat boat is a folk cultural activity in the area of Jiazhi, Jiaojiang District of Taizhou City in Zhejiang Provinc...
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Ancient crafts give designers a heritage of creative ideasFour packs of letters, with elaborate patterns, highlight the creativity of Yangzhou Guangling Ancient Book Engraving Co Ltd. CHINA DAILYEarly last year, when the production team members of the mobile game Canal Towns, which is set in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River during the Ming Dynasty (1...
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Suzhou's Dragon Boat FestivalCustomers are buying Suzhouzongziduring the Dragon Boat Festival.On the fifth day of the fifth month on the lunar calendar, most parts of China commemorate Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), the great Chinese poet who lived in the State of Chu during the Warring States period, by celebrating th...
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Inheritor casting light on shadow playZhang Xiangdong practices shadow puppetry movements at home in Changli county in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province.CHINA DAILYZhang Xiangdong aims to pass on popular puppetry art form to future generationsHolding a rod to control the movements of the horse puppet's head, Zhang Xiangdong teaches...
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