Spring Festival becomes an intangible cultural heritage of humanity

People wear the dragon heads they made to celebrate the Spring Festival on Feb 3 in Recife, Brazil. WANG TIANCONG/XINHUA Museums across China have been posting animated videos on Weibo featuring singing and dancing cultural relics to celebrate the recent decision made by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to put the Spring Festival on the Heritage List. Making the Spring Festival an intangible cultural heritage of humanity is culturally significant in many ways. Championing cultural equality Putting the Spring Festival on the Heritage List is a vote for inclusiveness and mutual learning of cultures. Putting the Spring Festival on the Heritage List underscores the essential role of harmony among diverse cultures in realizing this vision.