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Qiang New Year festival added to UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-12-05 23:24

A file photo of Ethnic Qiang people celebrating the Qiang New Year in the street in Maoxian county, Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province. Meng Jiaqiao for China Daily

ASUNCION -- UNESCO added on Thursday Qiang New Year festival, celebrated in China's Sichuan province, to its Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The festival was included in 2009 in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

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