Wang Guozhun, coming from a long line of silversmiths, is now a local intangible heritage successor creating a better life for his family and his fellow villagers.
Zhou Shuying spent years injecting new life into an age-old folk craft, which saw her develop new colors, patterns and techniques. Yang Yang reports.
Nearly every family in the old town of Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region owns pieces of local earthenware, whether they be dishes, cups, bottles or bowls, and those made by Tursun Zunun are the best-known.
Horse tail embroidery of the Shui ethnic group is an intangible heritage in China, and 53-year-old Song Shuixian has made it her life's mission to take it to a wider audience.
Chen Caiping makes lanterns at a workshop in Xianju county, East China's Zhejiang province, Feb 27, 2018.
A young actress learns from a veteran to revive Peking Opera.
Jianzhan porcelain was among the eight most famous varieties of porcelain back in ancient China's Song Dynasty (960-1127). Production techniques for the porcelain were listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in China in 2011.
JINAN - A cherubic child holding a big fish, a giant tree bearing golden coins as fruit, or delicate woodblock paintings are all often hung at homes during the Chinese Lunar New Year. For many Chinese, bright-colored woodblock paintings, which are hung at almost every door, windows and walls for festival decorations, are quite time-limited. As soon as the parties come to an end, these print works are at once thrown away.
Wang Xiuying, an 80-year-old craftswoman is renowned for making herbal sachets.
The Dixi Opera is one of the national intangible cultural heritages. The making process of its wooden facial mask is fine and complicated.
Mask is an important element of Nuo Opera, which was listed as one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Chen Quanfu and Peng Guolong are the inheritors of Xiangdong Mask of Nuo Opera.
There are many lesser-known attractions to be found near some of the country's most popular tourist attractions. Wang Kaihao reports.
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