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

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Students of Qiang ethnic group perform dance to celebrate Qiang New Year festival at a square in Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 14, 2020. 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. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)