The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added "Spring Festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of the traditional New Year" to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held on December 4, 2024. China now has 44 items on the intangible cultural heritage list of the UNESCO, continuing to be the most enlisted country in the world. Let's take a look at the 44 items together!
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2024
Spring festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of traditional new year
2022
Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China
2020
Taijiquan
Ong Chun/Wangchuan/Wangkang ceremony, rituals and related practices for maintaining the sustainable connection between man and the ocean
2018
Lum medicinal bathing of Sowa Rigpa, knowledge and practices concerning life, health and illness prevention and treatment among the Xizang people in China
2016
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge in China of time and practices developed through observation of the sun's annual motion
2013
Chinese Zhusuan, knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus
2012
Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners
2011
Hezhe Yimakan storytelling
Chinese shadow puppetry
2010
Meshrep
Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks
Wooden movable-type printing of China
Peking opera
Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine
2009
Traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering
Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges
Qiang New Year festival
Grand song of the Dong ethnic group
Xi'an wind and percussion ensemble
Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China
Nanyin
Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade
Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper
Yueju opera
Gesar epic tradition
Traditional firing technology of Longquan celadon
Regong arts
Xizang opera
Manas
Mongolian art of singing, Khoomei
Hua'er
Farmers' dance of China's Korean ethnic group
Chinese calligraphy
Art of Chinese seal engraving
Chinese paper-cut
Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures
Dragon Boat festival
Mazu belief and customs
China engraved block printing technique
2008
Kun Qu opera
Guqin and its music
Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang
Urtiin Duu, traditional folk long song
