Chinese art is visual art that originated in or is practiced in Greater China, or by Chinese artists. The painting, calligraphy, architecture, pottery, sculpture, bronzes, jade carving, and other fine or decorative art forms produced in ancient China.
On May 31, 2026, the Dunhuang City Cultural Center’s 2026 public square-dance training program concluded at Feitian Park Constitution Square — a two-week free workshop that attracted over 500 local dance enthusiasts and introduced a structured Dunhuang-style dance curriculum to the general public. The program, targeting residents aged 18–65, offered three completed choreographies: Offering Bodhisattva (供养菩萨), a […]
On June 13-14, 2026, the Fujian provincial main venue of the national Cultural and Natural Heritage Day took over the Wudianshi traditional block in Jinjiang, Quanzhou. The two-day program pulled together intangible heritage from across the province under the banner “Intangible Heritage, Making Life Better,” and turned the centuries-old Minnan streetscape into a stage for […]
Three kilometers southeast of Quanzhou’s old city, in a fishing village called Xunpu, an unbroken tradition that began on the wharves of the medieval maritime Silk Road has, almost by accident, become one of the most-photographed intangible heritage practices in China. The tradition is the Xunpu women’s hair garland — a circular wreath of seasonal […]
On June 19, 2026, the Jiangsu Provincial Procuratorate Office — a Qing-era government compound in the heart of Suzhou — opened its heavy wooden doors for something entirely different from its centuries-old purpose. Inside, 85 national, provincial, and municipal intangible cultural heritage (ICH) items filled its restored halls: Nanjing yunjin brocade glowing with gold thread, […]
On June 13, 2026, the stone courtyards of Xiuchuan Academy — a Ming-dynasty Confucian school in Chengdu’s Chengxiang Ancient Town — became a runway. Models emerged from the academy’s deep corridors wearing Shu brocade (shujin) garments that ranged from formal ceremonial robes to everyday streetwear, as sunlight filtered through ancient gingko trees onto silk woven […]
On June 12, 2026, the ancient town of Xunxian in Hebi, Henan Province, transformed into an immersive intangible cultural heritage experience zone. The occasion was the county’s Cultural and Natural Heritage Day event, themed “ICH Makes Life Better,” and the programming covered all the senses: the thunderous percussion of dapingdiao opera, the precarious grace of […]
On June 13, 2026 — Cultural and Natural Heritage Day — the National Library of China in Beijing launched its 2026 ICH lecture and film screening series, anchored by the 100th session of its flagship “ICH Protection Lecture Month” program. The milestone lecture was delivered by Liu Kuili, a renowned Chinese folklorist and honorary academician […]
On June 2, 2026, Suzhou Museum opened the fourth installment of its “Jiangnan Zao” craft exhibition series: the Cai Nianqun Tuan Shan Art Exhibition. Running through September 3, the show presents 54 round-fan works by Cai Nianqun and her team, tracing the full scope of Jiangnan tuan shan craft — from frame shaping and lacquer […]
On June 12, 2026, the Heping District Culture and Tourism Bureau in Tianjin hosted a heritage-day event that paired an endangered craft with a literary reading — a format designed to make intangible heritage feel less like a museum exhibit and more like a lived experience. The event, titled “Floral Charm, Book Fragrance: Jin-Pai Ronghua,” […]
As the 2026 Duanwu Festival approached, Zhuang-ethnic heritage sachets called moye (麽乜) and Duhegong (渡河公) figurines — both from Guangxi’s intangible cultural heritage roster — rapidly entered mainstream consumer markets, moving beyond their regional origins to become sought-after holiday gifts among young buyers in major cities. Moye, a term meaning “god and mother” in the […]
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