UNESCO adds traditional Chinese wooden arch bridges to intangible cultural heritage list-Xinhua

UNESCO adds traditional Chinese wooden arch bridges to intangible cultural heritage list

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2024-12-05 23:30:30

A video on traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges is played during the 19th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asuncion, Paraguay, Dec. 5, 2024. UNESCO added on Thursday traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges to its Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It was included in 2009 in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. (Xinhua/Zhu Yubo)

ASUNCION, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- UNESCO added on Thursday traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges to its Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

It was included in 2009 in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.