Dongchang district in Liaocheng, Shandong province, is doing its best to preserve the Chinese gourd carving arts, which is part of Chinese cultural heritage and has a history of more than 500 years in the area. Recently, the Dongchang gourd carving promotional event was held at the prestigious Confucius Institute of Chungbuk National University in Cheongju, South Korea, one of …
A group of kids got an in-depth understanding of intangible cultural heritage items such as gourd carving and paper-cutting on Feb 7 in Jimo district, Qingdao during an ICH promotional event. Nowadays, people still like to keep gourds in their homes to avoid evil spirits, according to Fu Wenjing, a gourd carving inheritor. Under the guidance of Song Kuihua, an …
