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Tuesday, June 16 2020 - 21:11
AsiaNet
Hainan Intangible Cultural Heritage Products Integrated into Citizens' Daily Life
HAIKOU, China, June 16, 2020 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--

June 13 of the year 2020 marks China's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day. 
According to the Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports 
of Hainan Province, Hainan Province has launched a series of activities themed 
"Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritance, Healthy Lifestyle" including online 
shopping festivals, photography tour exhibitions and performances in museums, 
historical and cultural blocks, scenic spots and hotels, to inherit and carry 
forward outstanding traditional culture, establish Hainan's "intangible 
cultural heritage" brand, and to facilitate the construction of Hainan Free 
Trade Port (FTP) and Hainan International Tourism Consumption Center.

On June 13, Hainan held the first Intangible Cultural Heritage Shopping 
Festival. "Intangible Cultural Heritage" products were promoted on the 
live-streaming studio for customers to choose from. Over 20 categories of 
products were introduced including traditional Li ornamental textile, 
nationality pottery, coconut-shell carving, coffee and sugar, with a total of 
over 160 kinds of products exhibited and sold online. It marks Hainan 
Province's active exploration of a new mode of inheriting and developing 
intangible cultural heritage. Through the mode of "intangible cultural heritage 
+ e-commerce", Hainan Province will popularize "intangible cultural heritage" 
knowledge and enable people to have access to "intangible cultural heritage" 
products.

Hainan Province's Intangible Cultural Heritage Photography Tour Exhibition 
opens in Haikou Qilou Old Street. Hundreds of exquisite intangible cultural 
heritage pictures above the provincial level tell the story of Hainan's 
intangible cultural heritage. Supporting intangible cultural heritage 
activities for the photography tour exhibition including Lingao Puppet Show, 
Danzhou Tune, tortoise-pose tug-of-war and traditional Li textile techniques 
have been staged to attract citizens and tourists, show Hainan's achievements 
in protecting intangible cultural heritage and carry forward the culture of 
Hainan FTP.

Hainan has also combined intangible cultural heritage with variety shows, to 
promote Hainan's intangible cultural heritage based on star effect, inject new 
vitality and impetus into the inheritance and development of Hainan's 
intangible cultural heritage and consolidate the foundation for the 
construction of Hainan FTP.

Up to now, Hainan Province has many intangible cultural heritage representative 
projects, including 28 at national level, 54 at provincial level and 166 at 
municipal level and county level. Li minority traditional spinning, dyeing and 
weaving crafts are included in the UNESCO's "List of Intangible Cultural 
Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding".

Source: The Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports of 
Hainan Province

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   Caption: Hainan Province has launched the First Intangible Cultural Heritage 
Inheritance Products Shopping Festival to display the intangible cultural 
heritage products through the internet. The picture shows that the Network 
hosts have introduced Hainan Intangible Cultural Heritage products.

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