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Jishou Hosts Intangible Cultural Heritage-themed Night Market to Greet Chinese New Year
Recently, the performance of "Steel Fire Dragon", a representative item of Hunan provincial intangible cultural heritage, was staged at a bustling night market in Qianzhou Neighborhood, Jishou City.
More >Artisan Make Paper Cuttings to Greet Spring Festival
Zhong Yi, an inheritor of paper-cutting intangible cultural heritage, is making snake-themed paper cuttings at the Intangible Cultural Heritage Center of Dongkou County. In recent days, the paper-cutt...
More >Artisan Dedicated to Passing on Chrysanthemum Stone Carving
Yonghe township, Liuyang city, located about 100 kilometers east of Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, a special kind of stone known for chrysanthemum flower patterns can be found at...
More >Tantou Woodcut New Year Paintings Produced to Greet Upcoming New Year
The Tantou woodcut New Year painting was listed as one of the first batch of national-level intangible cultural heritage items in 2006. On December 29, artisans made Tantou woodcut New Year paintings ...
More >Traditional Drum-making Techniques Passed Down for A Century
Xiong's leather drum, recognized as a provincial-level intangible cultural heritage, has a recorded inheritance history of over 100 years. A drum is composed of a drum leather, a drum body, a bamboo m...
More >Explore Zhangjiajie in Folk Customs: Sangzhi Battle-Drum Dance
Battle-Drum Dance, a traditional dance in Sangzhi County, has been listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage. It is performed by male dancers of Bai ethnic minority. The dancers hold bat...
More >3rd Hunan Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo Opens in Hengyang
The 3rd Hunan Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo, as a part of the 3rd Hunan Tourism Development Conference, opened in Hengyang on September 21, 2024. The event was hosted by the Hunan Department of Cu...
More >Yuezhou Fan Shines Brightly Amid Inheritance Efforts
Yuezhou fans, alongside Hangzhou fans and Suzhou fans, are collectively known as the three great fans of China, with a history spanning nearly 400 years. In 2021, Yuezhou fan-making was included in th...
More >Hunan Zhangtou Puppetry
Hunan Zhangtou Puppetry was shortlisted for the first batch of the provincial-level intangible cultural heritage items in 2006, and the first batch of national-level intangible cultural heritage items...
More >66-year-old Artist Draws 150 Hunan Opera Facial Makeup Patterns
Xu Guozhang, 66 years old, is an inheritor of the Xiang Opera facial makeup art, which has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Changsha City. He spent three months drawing 150 facial mak...
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