HAIKOU, China, June 17 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — Adjusting the water/clay ratio, kneading the clay, and shaping the clay… With techniques that have been practiced countless times, pottery ware begin to take shape. “I’ve sold eight Li Minority-styled pottery ware,” said Huang Yuying, inheritor representative at the county level in Changjiang, Hainan, when she took a break between sessions of demonstrating techniques of Li Minority-styled pottery on June 12.
The 1st Nanshan Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival in 2021, where Huang Yuying demonstrates her techniques, is one of the intangible cultural heritage-oriented activities that celebrates the Cultural and Natural Heritage Day held by Hainan Free Trade Port, the only free trade port in China. Centering around the theme of “intangible cultural heritage of people and for people”, the Hainan Bureau of Tourism and Culture carried out nearly 100 activities in the province, mainly in exhibition sites at Haikou city, Sanya city, Wuzhishan city, Ding’an county, and Baoting county. The rich variety of cultural events has enabled residents, tourists, and the entire society to benefit from the preservation of intangible cultural heritage and the achievement of related R&D.