China has the World's First 29 Projects Included in the World "Non-Heritage List"

22 world, China's new "non-legacy" project and another three projects need urgent protection

This year September 28 to October 2, held in Abu Dhabi, the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection of the fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee considered and approved the inclusion of "intangible cultural heritage list," the 76 projects, including 22 projects in China declared; considered and approved the inclusion of "urgent need to protect intangible cultural heritage" of the 12 projects, including China's three projects.

China declared Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese calligraphy, Chinese seal carving, Chinese paper cutting, the Chinese art of woodblock printing, wood to create a traditional Chinese art, Chinese traditional silk weaving skills, Longquan celadon tradition of firing techniques, Mazu vulgar, South Sound, Brocade weaving skills, the traditional rice paper making techniques, Dong, Cantonese, Hargeisa (Sri Lanka) Seoul, Regong art, Tibetan opera, Manas, flowers, Xi'an drum music, Chinese music and dance of Korean farmers, wheat and other call 22 items selected " Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of mankind ", Qiang, the Li traditional textile dyeing embroidery skills to create art of traditional Chinese wooden bridge and other three projects selected" need the protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage. "

Intangible Cultural Heritage Secretary, Ministry of Culture, said Ma Wenhui, after China's Kun, Qin art, art, and Xinjiang Uygur Muqam joint declaration of Mongolia Mongolian long-tune folk songs have been selected directory 4. Therefore, China's current total of 29 projects included in the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of mankind" and "need the protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage", with the UNESCO list of world's largest country programs.

"To declare the success of these projects, reflecting the UNESCO and the international community of non-material cultural heritage protection in China is highly recognized, but also a high honor of all the Chinese people." Ma Wenhui said, "This is not only conducive to further promoting China's non-material protection of cultural heritage, promote and pass on the fine traditional Chinese culture, enhance cohesion and cultural identity of the Chinese nation and Chinese culture in the world for the expansion of the influence of Chinese culture in the international arena to improve the status has an important role."

Chinese New Year Dragon Boat Festival why not list appeared in the "List of non-left"?

Concern is that China's Dragon Boat Festival was successfully included in the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of mankind", but this has a deep cultural connotation of the Spring Festival, more features, more representative of the traditional festival has not yet selected, why?

Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Ma Wenhui this intangible cultural heritage, added, "Dragon Boat Festival, the first recommendation is that this project be given priority protection. Chinese New Year, has been integrated into all the descendants of the life, you begin to see the world in the past Chinese New Year. This project can also be reported next time. "

Deputy Secretary for the Ministry of Culture Outreach longer Xingyi stressed that "UNESCO to declare the two directories, is not tantamount to declaration of patent rights, do not have the exclusive list. Various countries according to their characteristics of the Intangible Cultural Heritage self-declaration, China declared the projects are intended to protect China's intangible cultural heritage. "