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The Great Wall Heritage Route
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The Living Arts of China
Local traditions to explore on your journey
Ask us to include a local introduction in your proposal. The practitioner, venue, session and price require confirmation before booking. Images illustrate craft details, not confirmed hosts or venues.
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The Living Arts of China
Five disciplines on the National Intangible Heritage Registry
Explore China's living craft traditions through a studio visit or hands-on session. Your planner checks the practitioner, date and available activity for your route.
Explore the craft traditions below with our guide-selection standards in mind. Your proposal confirms the host, venue and session before booking. The images introduce craft themes; they do not identify your confirmed host.
Su Xiu - Suzhou silk embroidery
Hand-knotted silk needlework
Two-sided embroidery on silk gauze. Listed on the National Intangible Cultural Heritage registry, first batch (2006), item VII-19. Continues in Jiangsu Province under the Suzhou Embroidery Research Institute system.
Source: ihchina.cn registry, first batch 2006
Jingdezhen porcelain
Working kiln porcelain
Hand-thrown blue and white porcelain. National Intangible Heritage registry first batch (2006), item VIII-7.
Source: ihchina.cn first batch 2006
Pu-erh tea processing - Yunnan
Single-mountain Pu-erh
Traditional sun-dried compressed tea cake making. National Intangible Heritage registry second batch (2008), item VIII-152.
Source: ihchina.cn second batch 2008
Chinese calligraphy
Brush ink lineage practice
A continuing lineage carried in scholar studios across China. National Intangible Heritage registry first batch (2006), item VII-55.
Source: ihchina.cn first batch 2006
Miao batik - Guizhou
Indigo wax-resist textile
Hand-drawn wax patterns dyed in indigo vats. National Intangible Heritage registry first batch (2006), item VIII-25.
Source: ihchina.cn first batch 2006
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