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A design for lifeWang Jing demonstrates weaving Bouyei costumes for children at her workshop in Xingyi, Guizhou. Inheritor dedicates herself to innovating Bouyei ethnic costumes and their elements drawn from the natural world, to keep pace with the times, Yang Feiyue reports.Blue turban, greenish-blue collarless lap...
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Intangible cultural heritage boosts rural vitalization in village in China's HenanIn recent years, Qingliangsi village in Baofeng county, central China’s Henan Province, has embarked on a journey of rural vitalization through its Ru porcelain firing technique, which was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2011.The village is home to the site of the ancient offic...
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Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show: A Distinctive Shanghai TraditionAn aerial view of the 2019 Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show on February 19, 2019 in Shanghai. The Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show is a traditional event that takes place every year in Songjiang District of Shanghai. Lantern shows can be traced back to the Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.). Later after the...
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Bringing heritage to life in the modern eraThe Central Axis of Beijing is special in light of the important symbolic connotation of the capital’s planning principle.A father and his son are playing basketball at the south end of the Central Axis under the Yongding Gate in Beijing, on September 19, 2020. Cultural heritage is the legacy beque...
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Beijing releases plan for Central Axis protection ahead of world heritage list applicationBEIJING, Jan. 31 -- A protection plan for Beijing's Central Axis was released last weekend ahead of its application to become a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage Site.A view of the central axis from Jingshan Mountain in Beijing.The plan, fro...
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Intangible cultural heritage inheritors bask in the spotlightA young spectator admires a dough figurine during the first China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Annual Meeting. (Xinhua/Zou Jingyi)The first China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Annual Meeting was held in Yulin, northwest China's Shaanxi Province from Feb. 16 to 20. More than...
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