Communication and Collaboration

Author: Qiao Xiaoguang
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: `Representatives of intangible cultural heritage listed in the "Representatives of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" must be representative traditional outstanding crafts, traditional folk art literature with outstanding artistic value, non-written form of expression, and highlight the identity of national traditional culture. Due to various reasons, they are on the verge of extinction or are currently endangered cultural expressions: including various types of opera and related masks, props, costumes, and the craftsmanship of masks, props, and costumes; dances, such as folk and ethnic festival dances, ritual dances, and ceremonial dances; music, such as various types of folk and ethnic music and the craftsmanship of musical instruments; oral literature, such as myths, legends, epics, games, and stories; various exquisite and outstanding traditional crafts and handicrafts, such as dyeing and weaving, embroidery, paper-cutting, New Year paintings, carving, face flowers, bamboo and rattan weaving, and other folk arts.