Tai'an holds cultural, tourism crafts exhibition

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2022-08-24

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More than 400 Tai'an cultural and tourism crafts are exhibited at the Tai'an Art Museum until Aug 26. [Photo/WeChat account: SDTXTA]

More than 400 Tai'an cultural and tourism crafts, including peach wood carving, Taishan jade, and Taishan shadow puppetry, are being exhibited at the Tai'an Art Museum from Aug 16 to 26.

The exhibits were selected from over 40 cultural and tourism companies and are divided into 10 categories. Most of the exhibits have won awards at State-level, provincial-level and municipal level competitions.

Tai'an boasts abundant cultural resources and is home to one item included in UNESCO's representative list of the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of humanity, 12 national ICH items, 59 provincial-level ICH items, and 489 municipal-level ICH items, as well as four national representative inheritors, 20 provincial-level inheritors, and 187 municipal-level inheritors.

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Carved peach wood crafts are on display at the Tai'an Art Museum until Aug 26. [Photo/WeChat account: SDTXTA]