Photo taken shows lantern sets at the lantern fair in Zigong, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (People's Daily Online/Sheng Chuyi) The Zigong lantern show is a national intangible cultural heritage that originated in Zigong, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The history...

A 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...

There 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...

Artists from Hotan Prefecture perform on a traditional heatable platform covered with a red carpet in Turpan City in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhao Chenjie)URUMQI, April 15 (Xinhua) -- On a traditional heatable platform covered with a red carpet,...

Su 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...

Guangdong 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...