Intangible Cultural Heritage Items on the 7th ICIF

One of the most keenly anticipated exhibitions during the China （Shenzhen）International Cultural Industries Fair （ICIF）to be held from May 13 to 16 will be a show dedicated to intangible cultural heritage at Hall 4 of the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center. Of 262 companies and institutions that submitted an application to set up a booth at the hall, 241 have made their way into the show.

Occupying 7,500 square meters, the exhibition will feature traditional Chinese handicraft, traditional Chinese medicine, pieces of fine art as well as measures taken to protect the heritage. It will be a platform to show products and facilitate exports.

Exhibits include thangka brought in from Qinghai Province, Shoushan stone sculpture, lacquer and embroidery from Fujian, wood sculpture, a puppet show and chicken blood stone sculpture from Zhejiang, embroidery, five-colored porcelain, chrysanthemum stone sculpture and blueprint cloth from Hunan, Li ethnic minority’s silk from Hainan, Suzhou embroidery from Jiangsu and Xiangyun Silk produced in Guangdong. On exhibition will be 67 national-level intangible heritage items and 124 province-level items.

The projects featured in the hall, all state-of-the-art pieces, are closely related to some powerhouses of industry. For example, the exhibitors will include Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute, Zhuxian Town Spring Festival Painting Art Gallery from Kaifeng, Henan and classic Chinese furniture manufacturer Dajiang from Taishan, Zhejiang Province.

Zhang Wei, curator for the Fujian booth, said his province has brought 15 projects under eight categories. Visitors will be able to see delicate wood and stone sculptures, silverware, embroidery, lacquer, as well as learn the procedures of making the famous red tea dahongpao and jianyao porcelain.

Qinghai in Northwest China has brought 2,000 projects under eight categories. On show are thangka, Tibetan rug, earth sculptures, Tibetan embroidery, black pottery and leather sculpture. "We have reserved 500 square meters to showcase our handicraft, fine art work and traditional Chinese medicine," said an official surnamed Wang.

Source from en.cnci.gov.cn

Editor: Shi Liwei