Foreign athletes experience Chinese intangible cultural heritage at Chengdu Universiade

Juan Miguel Gomez Gomez (L) of Spanish delegation learns to play shadow puppets with the help of Zhao Hong, who is a representative successor of intangible cultural heritage Chengdu Shadow Puppets at the Village of the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Athletes of Spain learn to make shadow puppets, which is an intangible cultural heritage in Chengdu, at the Village of the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Jessica Ida Olivia Kahara of Finland presents the Jiajiang wooden pallet New Year Painting, which is a intangible cultural heritage in Jiajiang County at the Village of the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 3, 2023. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Kanykei Kubanychbekova (L) of Kyrgyzstan takes photos as her teammate Azhar Makhmetova learns to make Sachet at the Village of the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 3, 2023. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Nikita Simonov (R) of Azerbaijan learns to make a kite with the help of Chen Feng, a representative successor of intangible cultural heritage Pengzhou Aoping Kites at the Village of the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 3, 2023. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Nikita Simonov of Azerbaijan tries a kite he made at the Village of the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 3, 2023. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)