Maritime Silk Road intangible cultural heritage exhibition opens in E.China
CGTN

"Maritime Silk Road intangible cultural heritage exhibition", one of the important activities of the fourth Maritime Silk Road International Arts, opened today in Quanzhou of east China's Fujian Province, a city widely believed to be the starting point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road.

There are foreign masters with 17 intangible cultural heritage projects from eleven countries outside China and inheritors with over 60 projects nationwide attend the event.

Hand painted Sicilian cart from Italy, Turkish art of marbling, Kuwait eggshell carving, Tunisian Tapestry, animal artworks from Africa, Kalamkari from India, mosaics from Jordan, different civilizations, ethnic groups and religions converge in the pavilion to complement each other.

Guest invited to experience Quanzhou cloth puppet show which is listed as national Cultural Intangible Heritage. /Photo provided to CGTN by Zhou Xiaolei

Guest invited to experience Quanzhou cloth puppet show which is listed as national Cultural Intangible Heritage. /Photo provided to CGTN by Zhou Xiaolei

Most of the intangible cultural heritage China presented is traditional art and traditional skills, including the Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks, Traditional Textile Techniques of Li Minority, Regong arts, Chinese paper cutting as well as traditional Tibetan incense making techniques, Suzhou, embroidery, coconut shell carving from Hainan, Chengdu Lacquerware art, Yangliuqing New Year Woodblock printing and more.

Every piece of intangible cultural heritage is pleasing to the eye.

It is worth mentioning that the Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum of Quanzhou opened for the first time for an exhibition, which showcases more than 500 works of 48 representative of Quanzhou.