A glimpse of three Chinese cultural elements newly added to intangible cultural heritage list

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This aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 2, 2023 shows workers laying tiles on the rooftop of the Wan'an Bridge, a wooden arch bridge, in Changqiao Township of Pingnan County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Three Chinese cultural elements, namely traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering, Qiang New Year festival, celebrated in China's Sichuan province, and traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges, were added by UNESCO to its Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage held in Asuncion, Paraguay, on Thursday. (Photo by Wang Zhiling/Xinhua)