China celebrates Cultural and Natural Heritage Day with various online events
Travel Biz News –
China celebrated ‘Cultural and Natural Heritage Day’ organizing online exhibitions and activities across China today.
China’s Cultural and Natural Heritage Day is celebrated on the second Saturday of June every year since 2017.
On the occasion, China Cultural Center in Nepal organized an online exhibition “World Heritage in China” to demonstrate China’s splendid cultural heritage and magnificent scenery today.
The exhibition is presented by Bureau of International Exchanges and Cooperation, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China and produced by Network of International Culturalink Entities.
Several pictures of world heritage sites of China are exhibited at China Cultural Center in Nepal complex to celebrate the day.
China currently has 767,000 immovable cultural relics and 108 million pieces of movable State-owned cultural relics, including 55 world heritages sites, according to the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA).
These sites are treasures of the humanity, offering global visitors’ glimpses into captivating sceneries and abundant cultural wealth of this country.
China is renowned both for her time-honored civilization, breathtaking natural wonders, rich cultural heritage and diverse ethnic folklores. It is among the countries with the largest wealth of heritage.
Many of the World Heritage Sites in China, including the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Terracotta Warriors, Mount Taishan, Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, and Potala Palace in Lhasa, are not only globally popular tourist destinations, but also a demonstration of China’s ancient wisdom and embodiment of both man-made and natural beauty , according to China Cultural Center in Nepal .
Xinhua reports from Beijing –
Across China, over 3,700 activities will be rolled out to celebrate the day, with the majority to be held online, said Minister of Culture and Tourism Luo Shugang.
The offline events will be held with strict epidemic prevention and control measures, said Luo.
More than 1,600 documentary films and pictures on intangible cultural heritage were promoted on eight popular online platforms.
Nearly 6,500 online shops on various e-commerce platforms including Alibaba, JD.com and Suning have joined a shopping campaign to sell items related to 4,500 different kinds of intangible cultural heritage.
June 13 , 2020
Photo :Crossing over 15 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, the Great Wall is the mightiest construction projects throughout human civilization. First built in 3rd century BC,it was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987.- CCC Nepal
