Browse the Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Register of good safeguarding practices

The Committee meets annually to evaluate nominations proposed by States Parties to the 2003 Convention and decide whether or not to inscribe those cultural practices and expressions of intangible heritage on the Convention’s Lists.

By clicking on the inscribed elements listed below, you can discover the nominations, photos and videos, together with Committee decisions and evidence of community consent.

You may also experience a conceptual, visual and interactive navigation through ‘Dive into Intangible Cultural Heritage’ interfaces which demonstrate the thematic interconnectedness between all the elements inscribed and their relation to nature or to threats.

The designations employed in the texts and documents of the nomination presented by the submitting State Party or States Parties do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Committee nor UNESCO concerning a) the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, b) the legal status of its authorities or c) the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

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Results : 43 elements corresponding to 1 region and 3 countries

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2022
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China	China
2020
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Ong Chun/Wangchuan/Wangkang ceremony, rituals and related practices for maintaining the sustainable connection between man and the ocean	China – Malaysia
Taijiquan	China
2018
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Lum medicinal bathing of Sowa Rigpa, knowledge and practices concerning life, health and illness prevention and treatment among the Tibetan people in China	China
2016
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge in China of time and practices developed through observation of the sun’s annual motion	China
2013
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese Zhusuan, knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus	China
2012
Register of Good Safeguarding Practices
Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners	China
2011
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Hezhen Yimakan storytelling	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Chinese shadow puppetry	China
2010
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Meshrep	China
Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junks	China
Wooden movable-type printing of China	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine	China
Peking opera	China
2009
List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding
Qiang New Year festival	China
Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges	China
Traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering	China
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Art of Chinese seal engraving	China
China engraved block printing technique	China
Chinese calligraphy	China
Chinese paper-cut	China
Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures	China
Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade	China
Dragon Boat festival	China
Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group	China
Gesar epic tradition	China
Grand song of the Dong ethnic group	China
Hua’er	China
Manas	China
Mazu belief and customs	China
Mongolian art of singing, Khoomei	China
Nanyin	China
Regong arts	China
Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China	China
Tibetan opera	China
Traditional firing technology of Longquan celadon	China
Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper	China
Xi’an wind and percussion ensemble	China
Yueju opera	China
2008
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Guqin and its music	China
Kun Qu opera	China
Urtiin Duu, traditional folk long song	China – Mongolia
Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang	China