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Covered Bridges in Tongdao Dong Autonomous County
Covered bridges are so common in Tongdao Dong Autonomous County, Huaihua, that wherever there is a river, there is a covered bridge. At present, 20 covered bridges in the county have been officially d...
More >Hengshan Shadow Play
Hengshan Shadow Play, a national-level ICH item rooted in Hengshan County, was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2014 as a vital component of Chinese shadow ...
More >Shibadong-Palace Museum Co-branded Mugwort Hammers Gain Steady Popularity
Shibadong Village's Miao embroidery team partnered with the Palace Museum design team to launch co-branded products. The same year, Miao embroidery cultural creations made their debuts at the cultural...
More >37-Year-Old Acrobat Takes on 24-bench Dragon Challenge
37-year-old acrobat Zong Zhihuai balanced a spectacular "bench dragon" on his head steadily at Yueminglou Square in the Ming-Qing Ancient Alley in Yiyang City. This dragon, a towering structure made o...
More >Changsha's Drama Intangible Cultural Heritage: From Oblivion to Popularity
The Changsha Drama Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition Center officially opened in Dingwangtai on April 29, 2026. The old facades were transformed into a new cultural space, creating a new base fo...
More >Yiyang-made Lanxi Double-oared Dragon Boat Makes Debut in Malacca, Malaysia
On May 31, a "Friendship" Lanxi double-oared dragon boat produced in Heshan District, Yiyang, was officially launched in Malacca, Malaysia. For the first time, this unique dragon boat made its way to ...
More >The Tiger-head Hat: A Hit from Deep in the Mountains
The tiger-head hat is a thousand-year-old folk adornment for Miao children in Xiangxi. The hat embodies how the Miao people invoke the tiger's majesty to pray for children's healthy growth. Recently, ...
More >Dong'an Black Rice
A folk saying passed down for a thousand years in Dong'an County, Yongzhou goes that "Si Yue Ba, eating black rice." On the eighth day of the fourth Chinese lunar month every year, local households fi...
More >Elon Musk's Son Puts Miao Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Spotlight with His Tiger-Head Hat
Relying on its superior quality and cultural heritage, Shibadong Village's Miao embroidery has been displayed in many authoritative cultural venues like the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, ...
More >Over-70-Year-Old Craftsman Devoted to Dragon Boat Craft for 61 Years
Daoxian County is known as the "hometown of dragon boats." In 2021, Daozhou dragon boat was listed as one of the fifth batch of China's national-level intangible cultural heritage items. Zhou Chengyun...
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