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 nomination files submitted by the States Parties are published by the Secretariat of the 2003 Convention on its website in compliance with paragraph 54 of the Operational Directives regarding the nomination procedure; moreover, the information included in the nominations is reflected in working documents of the Committee in order to ensure transparency and access to information.


The sole responsibility for the content of each nomination file lies with the submitting States Parties concerned. The designations employed in the texts and documents presented by the submitting 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, c) the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries, or d) references to specific historical events.





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Results : 44 elements corresponding to 1 region and 3 countries
China44Malaysia1Mongolia1

China

2024

Qiang New Year festivalChinaRepresentative List
Spring festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of traditional new yearChinaRepresentative List
Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridgesChinaRepresentative List
Traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroideringChinaRepresentative List

2022

Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in ChinaChinaRepresentative List

2020

Ong Chun/Wangchuan/Wangkang ceremony, rituals and related practices for maintaining the sustainable connection between man and the oceanChina – MalaysiaRepresentative List
TaijiquanChinaRepresentative List

2018

Lum medicinal bathing of Sowa Rigpa, knowledge and practices concerning life, health and illness prevention and treatment among the Tibetan people in ChinaChinaRepresentative List

2016

The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, knowledge in China of time and practices developed through observation of the sun’s annual motionChinaRepresentative List

2013

Chinese Zhusuan, knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacusChinaRepresentative List

2012

Strategy for training coming generations of Fujian puppetry practitioners ChinaRegister of Good Safeguarding Practices

2011

Chinese shadow puppetryChinaRepresentative List
Hezhen Yimakan storytellingChinaUrgent Safeguarding List

2010

Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicineChinaRepresentative List
MeshrepChinaUrgent Safeguarding List
Peking operaChinaRepresentative List
Watertight-bulkhead technology of Chinese junksChinaUrgent Safeguarding List
Wooden movable-type printing of ChinaChinaUrgent Safeguarding List

2009

Art of Chinese seal engravingChinaRepresentative List
China engraved block printing techniqueChinaRepresentative List
Chinese calligraphyChinaRepresentative List
Chinese paper-cutChinaRepresentative List
Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structuresChinaRepresentative List
Craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocadeChinaRepresentative List
Dragon Boat festivalChinaRepresentative List
Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic groupChinaRepresentative List
Gesar epic traditionChinaRepresentative List
Grand song of the Dong ethnic groupChinaRepresentative List
Hua’erChinaRepresentative List
ManasChinaRepresentative List
Mazu belief and customsChinaRepresentative List
Mongolian art of singing, KhoomeiChinaRepresentative List
NanyinChinaRepresentative List
Regong artsChinaRepresentative List
Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of ChinaChinaRepresentative List
Tibetan operaChinaRepresentative List
Traditional firing technology of Longquan celadonChinaRepresentative List
Traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paperChinaRepresentative List
Xi’an wind and percussion ensembleChinaRepresentative List
Yueju operaChinaRepresentative List

2008

Guqin and its musicChinaRepresentative List
Kun Qu operaChinaRepresentative List
Urtiin Duu, traditional folk long songChina – MongoliaRepresentative List
Uyghur Muqam of XinjiangChinaRepresentative List

Malaysia

2020

Ong Chun/Wangchuan/Wangkang ceremony, rituals and related practices for maintaining the sustainable connection between man and the oceanChina – MalaysiaRepresentative List

Mongolia

2008

Urtiin Duu, traditional folk long songChina – MongoliaRepresentative List
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