Tai Chi and Wangchuan granted UNESCO status
4 years ago

Tai Chi and Wangchuan granted UNESCO status

China Daily  

A Wangchuan ceremony in Xiamen, Fujian province. Two new entries from China, Taijiquan and the Wangchuan ceremony, were added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list on Thursday. In China, seven national-level intangible cultural heritage items are related to Taijiquan, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The wangchuan ceremony, or Ong Chun, was jointly put forward for UNESCO intangible cultural heritage status by China and Malaysia. China now has 42 entries in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the most of any country in the world.

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