Guests attend the opening of the art festival of China's intangible cultural heritages at the headquarters of United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, capital of France, April 16, 2007. Hosted by Cultural Ministry of China and undertaken by Academy of Arts of China and National Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center of China, the art festival opened in Paris on Monday to display China's intangible cultural heritages.

 

 

A folk artist from China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region performs Twelve Mukams opera during the art festival of China's intangible cultural heritages at the headquarters of United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, capital of France, April 16, 2007.

 

 

Xi Hedao, a handicraftman from China's Qinghai Province, displays his tangka during the art festival of China's intangible cultural heritages at the headquarters of United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, capital of France, April 16, 2007.

 

 

Zhang Xinsheng, chairman of the Executive Board of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), attends the opening of the art festival of China's intangible cultural heritages at the headquarters of United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, capital of France, April 16, 2007.

 

 

Folk artists and gusests pose for a group photo during the art festival of China's intangible cultural heritages at the headquarters of United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, capital of France, April 16, 2007.

 

(Xinhua News Agency April 18, 2007)