Ningbo commended for protection of intangible cultural heritages

Category: Culture Ningbo
Published: Monday, 10 December 2012 10:18

In recent years, Ningbo has made new progress in the census and protection of intangible cultural heritages. The "Ningbo Model" of the census of intangible cultural heritages with the concerted efforts of the village, the town and the city has been established and popularized throughout the country.  At present, the city has 171 intangible cultural heritages (21 national-level ones and 49 provincial-level ones), 255 heritors of intangible cultural heritages (5 national-level ones and 40 provincial-level ones, and 208 protection organizations (including 10 provincial-level organizations. Xiangshan Fishing Cultural and Ecological Protection Zone was entitled a national-level protection zone by the Ministry of Culture. Ningbo is now in the front rank of China in the work of intangible cultural heritages.

The other day, Ningbo Municipal Press and Publication Administration was honored as "Advanced Unit in the Work of Application of Human Intangible Cultural Heritages and National-level Intangible Cultural Heritages by Zhejiang Provincial Government Wang Zhiming, Wu Jian, Lu Weiguo and Hu Weihua were commended.