Background

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government announced in August 2017 the first Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong (Representative List), which comprises 20 items. In December 2024, the HKSAR Government updated the Representative List by including four intangible cultural heritage (ICH) items onto the list, increasing the number of items on the list to 24. Twelve items on the list have been inscribed on the national list of ICH. Below are the 12 items on the national list of ICH in Hong Kong:

Items on the National List of
Intangible Cultural Heritage in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Database