No.4 Exhibition Hall

No. 4 Exhibition Hall—Hall of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Theme: heritage•artistry •product • protection

Introduction to the hall

This hall covers an area of 7,500 square meters in which state-level and province-level intangible cultural heritage projects, traditional folk craftsmanship, traditional medical techniques and culture, traditional folk art works and skills and the achievements of intangible cultural heritage protection are mainly exhibited under the guidance of the Ministry of Culture in order to provide an authoritative platform for exchange and export of Chinese intangible cultural heritage.

Exhibition layout

Exhibition area of traditional folk craftsmanship

This area is mainly used to exhibit marketable traditional folk craftsmanship included in the national or provincial intangible cultural heritage list such as ceramic production techniques, dyeing and weaving techniques, smelting techniques, lacquering techniques, brewing techniques and firing techniques.

Exhibition area of traditional medicine

This area is mainly used to showcase traditional medical techniques and culture included in the national or provincial intangible cultural heritage list such as traditional Chinese medicine production techniques and culture, acupuncture, Tibetan medicine, Mongolian medicine, Miao medicine and Dong medicine.

Exhibition area of traditional art works

This area is mainly used to exhibit marketable traditional folk art works and skills included in the national or provincial intangible cultural heritage list such as New Year pictures, woodcut, paper-cut, carving, Thangka, calligraphy, engraving and weave.

Exhibition & show area

Transmitters of intangible cultural heritage will conduct exhibition and show activities in this area.

Other exhibition area

This area is used to showcase intangible cultural heritage in other places which have been included in the national or provincial intangible cultural heritage list such as folk literature, music and dance, traditional Chinese dramas, quyi (Chinese folk art forms including ballad singing and story telling), acrobatics and sports folk ritual.

Translated by Song Yanyan

Editor: Shi Liwei