"Intangible Cultural Heritage Illuminates Life" Intangible Cultural Heritage Cultural Exchange Showcase
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Date: |
3 August 2024 (Saturday) |
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Time: |
9 am to 7 pm |
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Venue: |
Foyer Exhibition Areas, Hong Kong Cultural Centre |
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Presented by: |
Leisure and Cultural Services Department Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism Center for China Shanghai International Arts Festival |
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Organised by: |
Bureau of Culture and Tourism of Jiading District, Shanghai Municipality |
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In association with: |
Intangible Cultural Heritage Office Jiading District Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Office |
Free admission
This display is a Chinese Culture Festival and Shanghai Culture Week event
Jiading District, being part of the focal city, Shanghai, for this year's Chinese Culture Festival, is thrilled to share its outstanding intangible cultural heritage (ICH) items with Hong Kong citizens. This display features traditional craftsmanship and handicraft arts, including Jiading bamboo carving, Xuhang yellow grass-weaving, indigo-dyed cloth printing and dyeing techniques, guqin making technique, art of tea, Suzhou embroidery, and gold thread and gemstone inlay techniques.
Through this display, the audience will have the opportunity to closely appreciate Jiading's ICH, and immerse themselves in the distinctive cultural charm of Jiangnan culture and the Shanghai style, forging a deeper connection with the essence of Chinese culture.
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Suzhou embroidery
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Art of tea
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Guqin making technique
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Indigo-dyed cloth printing and dyeing techniques
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Xuhang yellow grass-weaving
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Gold thread and gemstone inlay techniques
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(Photo courtesy of Jiading District Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Office)
The display is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The LCSD has long been promoting Chinese history and culture through organising an array of programmes and activities to enable the public to learn more about the broad and profound Chinese culture. For more information, please visit https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/ccpo/index.html.