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Wooden movable-type printing of China
one of the world’s oldest printing techniques maintained in Rui’an County, Zhejiang Province in China
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junk
type of vessel typically of Southeast Asian or East Asian origin
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Meshrep
traditional event among the Uygur people in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China
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Hezhen Yimakan
storytelling tradition of the Yimakan Hezhen-speaking ethnic minority of north-east China
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traditional Chinese wooden arch bridge
bridge-building tradition in the Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, along China’s south-east coast
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Qiang New Year Festival
traditional event of the Qiang people of China’s Sichuan Province
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traditional Li textile techniques
spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering tradition of the Li ethnic group of Hainan Province, China
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Chinese New Year
traditional Chinese celebration of the first day of the lunar calendar
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tandoor
cylindrical clay or metal oven used in Asian cooking
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Novruz
traditional folk spring festival observed in several countries in Asia and the Middle East
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Chinese tea culture
use of tea in China, i.e. how the tea is prepared as well as how people consume it
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Ong Chun
no description
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Lum medicinal bathing
no description
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Zhusuan
knowledge and practices of arithmetic calculation through the abacus
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acupuncture and moxibustion
alternative medical treatment
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Tai chi chuan
Chinese martial art practiced for defense training, health benefits and meditation
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Chinese shadow puppetry
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Peking opera
form of Chinese opera originating in Beijing during the Qing dynasty
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China engraved block printing technique
no description
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Mazu
Chinese sea goddess, formerly a shamaness called Lin Mo or Lin Moniang lived in Meizhou Island, Fujian, in the 10th century
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Duanwu Festival
Chinese festival
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Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures
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Chinese paper cutting
art of paper cutting in China
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seal cutting
Chinese art of cutting a pattern into the bottom face of a seal, for stamping
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Chinese calligraphy
calligraphy with Chinese script; one of the four arts (music, chess, calligraphy and painting)
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Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in China, inscribed in 2009
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Xi'an guyue
Chinese traditional music
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Hua'er
music genre
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Khoomei
Mongolian art of singing
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Epic of Manas
heroic epic of the Kirgiz people
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lhamo
classical theatre of Tibet
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Regong arts
popular arts on the subject of Tibetan Buddhism
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Longquan celadon
Historical Chinese ceramic type
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Epic of King Gesar
work of epic literature of Tibet and greater Central Asia
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Cantonese opera
Chinese opera tradition originating in Guangdong province
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Grand song of the Dong ethnic group
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Xuan paper
paper used in Chinese calligraphy
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Yunjin brocade
the traditional silk brocade from Nanjin, China
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nanguan
music genre
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Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China
tradition of silk production and intangible cultural heritage
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Urtiin Duu, traditional folk long song
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Mongolia – China, inscribed in 2008
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Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang
no description
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Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners
program to safeguard the transmission of Fujian Puppetry in the Fujian Province in south-eastern China – Unesco ICH Good Safeguarding Practice inscribed in 2012
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bakpia
traditional Indonesian pastry filled with various nuts
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fish trussing
way of carrying a dead fish
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Nanjing baiju
type of folk singing
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Q10354091
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Nanjing Salted Duck
Chinese duck dish
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Huangqiao Sesame Cake
Chinese sesame seed cake
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Yangzhou fried rice
Chinese-style dish
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Zhenjiang vinegar
rice-based black vinegar
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DAO XIANG CUN
company based in Suzhou, China
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Q10514380
no description
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Huishan clay figurine
Chinese folk art
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Changzhou Sesame Cake
Traditional cake in China
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Changzhou comb
Chinese comb
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Changzhou sesame candy
Traditional cookie in China
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Fuchun Teahouse
historic traditional teahouse in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Jiangnan sizhu
music genre
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Xi Opera
style of Chinese opera originating in the Yangtze delta
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Q9529137
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Guangling School of Guqin
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Xuzhou Bangzi
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Q10297075
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Q10379964
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Q10906857
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Q10912177
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Yangzhou opera
traditional form of Chinese opera
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Yangzhou pinghua
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Q11114847
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Q14915300
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Q17036675
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Suzhou opera
no description
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Nantong Fan family
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Q19852300
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Q19852608
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Q19852964
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Blue calico
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Q97850251
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Teochew songbooks
traditional poetic form
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Teochew opera
branch of traditional Chinese opera originating from Teochew
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Legend of the White Snake
Chinese legend
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Xi Shi
one of the renowned Four Great Beauties of ancient China (b. 506 BC)
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Legend of Jigong
Chan Buddhist monk who lived in the Southern Song
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Epic of Jangar
traditional oral epic poem of the Mongols
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Lady Meng Jiang
Chinese tale of a Qin dynasty heroine
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Liu Sanjie
creation epic of the Lahu people
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Dong Yong
legendary Chinese person
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Ashima
long narrative poem belonging to the Sani people
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Butterfly Lovers
Chinese legend of the tragic romance between Liang Shanbo (梁山伯) and Zhu Yingtai (祝英臺), whose names form the Chinese title of the story
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Minxian Baojuan
Chinese classic book of treasures
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Bu Luotuo
creator god in Zhuang mythology and Moism of Zhuang people
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Wuge
no description
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Miao ancient songs
common name for the form of poems sung in association with the myths and migration history of the Miao people in the Miao settlement area of Qiandongnan
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Zhepama and Zhemima
long poetic creation epic of the Achang people
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Kedao
Miao marital toast song "Record by Carving"
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Mupamipa
long poetic creation epic of the Lahu nationality
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Suzhou embroidery
embroidery created near Suzhou, one of China's top ten embroideries
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Yusheng
Cantonese-style raw fish salad
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yong tau foo
Hakka dish of tofu filled with ground meat or fish
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Seri Muka
Indonesian desserts
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mooncake
Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival
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apam balik
Southeast Asian pancake
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Kari kapitan
Indonesian Chinese cuisine
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Ong Chun festival
Chinese ritual festival
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Peacock dance
southeast Asian dance
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Veluriyam
Wikimedia disambiguation page
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Peking opera actor
no description
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Mount Miaofeng
mountain in China
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xiangsheng
performing art
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Zhihua Temple
building in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
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Beijing Zhang Yiyuan Tea Co., Ltd.
Chinese tea retail chain
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Yidege
ink manufacturer
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The Generals of the Yang Family
collection of Chinese folklore, plays and novels based on a military family from the Song Dynasty
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Tu'er Ye
deified figures of the moon rabbit, also served as toys in traditional folk culture of Beijing
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