China's first Cultural and Natural Heritage Day celebrated abroad
2017-06-27 11:10
Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Week was held at a range of China Cultural Centers abroad to celebrate China's first Cultural and Natural Heritage Day.
Benin
An exhibition featuring intangible cultural heritages from Ningxia Hui autonomous region was held at the China Cultural Center in Benin on June 10.
The 100 showpieces included paper-cuttings, embroideries, clay sculptures and models of ancient Chinese architecture.
Tian Yanlan, an inheritor of Hui people's paper-cutting, introduced the protection of intangible cultural heritage in Ningxia.
The exhibition ran until June 17.
