Children stand in front of the sugar painting booth, wowing at the delicate painting. [Photo by Zhou Jun and Xu Baotian/Guangxi Daily]
Eight categories of intangible cultural heritage such as music, dance, opera, art and medicine were on display during a culture fair held in Guilin on Dec 12.
Being a part of the 2022 Guilin Festival, the fair was jointly held by the Guilin bureau of culture, radio, film, television, and tourism and the Diecai district government. Their aim was to promote cultural tourism consumption and to boost the revival of the cultural tourism market.
Zhao Meng, an official of Guilin's bureau of culture, radio, film, television, and tourism, said that the fair gathered intangible cultural heritages from 17 districts, cities, and counties in Guilin. They also gathered several representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage at the autonomous regional level.
An old craftsman shows visitors a handmade traditional fan. [Photo by Zhou Jun and Xu Baotian/Guangxi Daily]