Intangible heritage welcomes spring

As the year draws to a close, the Spring Festival of the Year of the Horse is approaching. Intangible cultural heritage, a vital bearer of China's fine traditional culture, brings with it a strong festive atmosphere and renewed vitality across the country. These cultural treasures, passed down through generations, carry people's best wishes for the New Year and, through living and dynamic inheritance, continue to weave new stories where tradition and modern life intersect.

Photo shows students pasting paper-cut window decorations at No. 8 Primary School in Tianzhu County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. With the Spring Festival approaching, the school organized a paper-cutting activity themed "Passing on Intangible Heritage, Savoring the New Year," allowing students to experience traditional craftsmanship under teachers' guidance and feel the charm of festive customs through hands-on practice. (Gong Xieyan/Guangming Picture)

Photo shows students learning to make "flower buns shaped like auspicious horses" in Lianyun District, Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province. Taoyuan Community of Xugou Subdistrict, together with Xingang Middle School, hosted a themed event inviting inheritors of the intangible cultural heritage of flower bun making to campus, where they introduced dough modeling techniques and guided students in creating festive designs to welcome the Lunar New Year. (Zhu Huanan/Guangming Picture)

Photo shows visitors attending the exhibition Songs of the Seasons in New Year Pictures at Liaoning Provincial Museum, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Launched to mark the upcoming Spring Festival of the Year of the Horse, the exhibition features classic New Year woodblock prints from Taohuawu and Yangliuqing, as well as Huanren traditional woodblock prints listed as provincial-level intangible cultural heritage, offering audiences a glimpse into the rich seasonal customs depicted in traditional folk art. (Huang Jinkun/Guangming Picture)

Photo shows an elderly craftsman and his wife making traditional "fish lanterns" in Chengjia'ao Village, Taoluo Town, Donggang District, Rizhao City, east China's Shandong Province. The handmade lanterns, created to welcome the New Year, embody local festive traditions and reflect the living transmission of intangible cultural heritage in everyday life. (Zheng Peibo/Guangming Picture)