A bazaar goer learns about the small red lantern during the 10th Nantong Intangible Culture Bazaar held at the Nantong Foremost Hat Museum. [Photo/WeChat account: ntwgx6]

The 10th Nantong Intangible Culture Bazaar kicked off at the Nantong Foremost Hat Museum on May 18.

The three-day event showcased 30 intangible cultural heritage items in the city, including Nantong paper-cutting, Nantong-style bonsai, and Nantong kesi.

The event, held every year for the past nine years, is a new measure taken by local authorities to boost the innovative development of intangible culture and promote the deep integration of intangible culture and tourism.

From May 23 to 26, the cultural bazaar will be held at the Nantong Eminent Figures Museum, where more than 20 intangible cultural heritage items involving traditional crafts, medicine, and food making will be displayed.

Bazaar goers watch a craftsman craft an animal with palm leaves during the 10th Nantong Intangible Culture Bazaar. [Photo/WeChat account: ntwgx6]

A craftsman pins a butterfly paper-cutting to a girl's waist during the 10th Nantong Intangible Culture Bazaar. [Photo/WeChat account: ntwgx6]

A boy tastes a pastry during the 10th Nantong Intangible Culture Bazaar. [Photo/WeChat account: ntwgx6]