China's first intangible cultural heritage Spring Festival approaches, igniting new cultural and economic sparks
Spring Festival will be the first since the traditional Chinese holiday was added to the Representative List of the ...
Chasing intangible cultural heritage becomes trend at 2025 Spring Festival celebrations
Visitors enjoy the Tianjin Drum Tower New Year Lantern Festival in North China's Tianjin, on February 3, 2025. Photos: VCG.
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Intangible Cultural Heritage Designation a Boon for Sake-Making
In December 2024 Japan’s tradition of sake production using kōji mold was recognized by UNESCO as a part of humanity’s Intangible Cultural Heritage. Exports of sake are booming nowadays ...
New Year in Chengdu: Feast of Science Fiction, Intangible Cultural Heritage, and Eastern Aesthetics
In the ancient towns of Chengdu, fish lanterns parade through the streets and fireworks light up the night sky; in the urban ...
Korea to consider blacksmithing, dried seaweed farming for intangible heritage status
The Korea Heritage Service (KHS) is launching an evaluation to determine whether nine cultural practices rooted in ...