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14:12, 25-Dec-2018
China adopts new rules to put regional cultural systems under state protection
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China has adopted a regulation to put regional cultural systems under state protection, China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Monday.
The regulation on the establishment and operation of "state reserves of cultural ecology" will take effect from March 1, 2019, a ministry statement said.
The reserves aim to protect unique and long-lasting regional cultural systems, which the ministry called "cultural ecologies".
Descendents of the big Hakka family surnamed Huang enjoy folk activities such as ancestor worship, the big pot feasts, and folk dance in Longtian community, Shenzhen, south China. /VCG Photo
Descendents of the big Hakka family surnamed Huang enjoy folk activities such as ancestor worship, the big pot feasts, and folk dance in Longtian community, Shenzhen, south China. /VCG Photo
As a pilot project, the Chinese government has founded 21 state-level reserves of cultural ecology since 2007, including reserves of southern Fujian culture, Hakka culture, Qiang ethnic group and other ethnic groups in southwest Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.
The regulation, based on pilot-project experiences, clarifies procedures for establishing the reserves and evaluating their operation while removing disqualified ones.
(Top Photo: Young women dressed in costumes of Qiang ethnic group in Shaanxi Province, northwest China. /VCG Photo)
Source(s): Xinhua News Agency