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Popular TV drama highlights intangible cultural heritagesA still from the TV dramaMeet Yourselfshows a wood carving master. [Photo/Official Weibo account of the TV dramaMeet Yourself]Wood carvingJianchuan wood carving, originating from Jianchuan county of Dali in Yunnan, has a history of more than 1,000 years. As a technique of wood carv...
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Fighting to promote a martial artThere are 43 items inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage lists that not only bear witness to the past glories of Chinese civilization, but also continue to shine today. China Daily looks at the protection and inheritance of some of these cultural legacies. In this installment, we di...
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Artist works hard to innovate 3,700 year old art of seal carvingSu Donghe carves a seal with a knife. (Photo/CCTV News)Su Donghe is an inheritor of seal carving in Beijing, and mainly carves thin zhuwen (red characters) on seals. Su began studying seal carving from a number of masters at a young age. He has dedicated his life to spreading its culture and strivin...
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Nonagenarian folk artist devotes life to passing on Guangdong embroideryGuangdong embroidery, a state-level intangible cultural heritage in China, dates back more than 1,000 years. In the past, the craft was inherited exclusively by male inheritors.Xu Chiguang, who is in his 90s, has been devoted to inheriting the craft for almost a lifetime. In order to better carry fo...
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Nantong students try their hands at making blue calicoAn elementary school student shows off his work. [Photo/Nantong Daily]Elementary school students of Nantong in East China's Jiangsu province recently tried their hands at making blue calico at the Nantong Blue Calico Museum.Nantong is known as "the home of China's blue calico", whi...
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Shadow puppet artist Wang BiaoWang Biao, who has been honored as National Representative Inheritor and International Master of Arts and Crafts, has recently entered the list of candidates for 2021 Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Person.Through the winter of shadow puppetFounded shadow puppet art troupeShadow puppet is a dra...
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