Only communication can bring vitality, and only collision can bring innovation. When traditional skills are combined with modern trendy life, intangible cultural heritage is no longer "heritage in the museum", but can enter the international stage and become a trend code for hot cultural creation. Every exhibition is an opportunity for intangible cultural heritage to be reborn.

As of December 2024, there are 788 items on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List (List), involving 150 countries. Among them, 667 items are on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, involving 146 countries; 81 items are on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, involving 44 countries; and 40 items are on the Register of Good Practices, involving 35 countries.

The Association Nationale Cultures du Monde is rated as a non-governmental organization by UNESCO, providing consulting services to governments and UNESCO. As an expert and examiner in the field of world intangible cultural heritage, UNESCO has rated it as an official partner. It is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to protecting and developing world traditional culture, folk traditional art and folk intangible cultural heritage.

Every summer during the Gannat Arts Festival, more than 300 artists from around the world showcase their culture through their music, songs, dances, crafts, traditional cooking and traditional games.

The French Gannat Festival is held to promote research, protect intangible cultural heritage, promote the integration of traditional and popular culture, and promote the exchange and development of cultures around the world in the spirit of cultural tolerance and peaceful and friendly coexistence. This includes language, literature, music, dance, games, myths, rituals, customs, handicrafts, architecture and other arts defined in the definition of folklore and art works...

International Affairs Officer of the French Department of Allier (right)

2024 is the second year of this international art festival in China. During the National Day, intangible cultural heritage craftsmen from home and abroad gathered at the intangible cultural heritage market in Taiyuan, Shanxi. At the market, a variety of intangible cultural heritage products are dazzling. Exquisite handicrafts inherit the ancient skills and wisdom from all over the world. Let tourists experience the charm of intangible cultural heritage from all over the world up close, feel the charm of traditional culture, and enjoy this wonderful time.

2024 Intangible Cultural Heritage Market (Taiyuan)

For a country, intangible cultural heritage is related to cultural confidence;

For individuals, it is related to cultural diversity and human creativity.

They are not only the crystallization of human wisdom, but also the condensation and inheritance of national spirit.

Let intangible cultural heritage be reborn in innovation, and let traditional culture become a common emotional bond for modern people.