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Photo shows an overall view of the Wulin night market in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, May 24, 2024. (People’s Daily Online/Zhang Yongtao)

In early summer, the Wulin night market in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, has seen a boom in its night economy.

As darkness fell, stall owners set up their stalls along the Wulin Road and enthusiastically solicited business. An assortment of commodities and handicrafts, including fans, hand-woven bracelets, and handmade dolls, attracted tourists to play with and buy, creating a lively atmosphere.



Tourists watch the painting process of a picture at the Wulin night market in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, May 24, 2024. (People’s Daily Online/Zhang Yongtao)



Photo shows the hustle and bustle of the Wulin night market in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, May 24, 2024. (People’s Daily Online/Zhang Yongtao)



Tourists dine in a restaurant along the street at the Wulin night market in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, May 25, 2024. (People’s Daily Online/Zhang Yongtao)



Tourists enjoy a light show and take photos to mark the occasion at the Wulin night market in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, May 25, 2024. (People’s Daily Online/Zhang Yongtao)

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Tourists view the handicrafts on sale at the Wulin night market in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, May 25, 2024. (People’s Daily Online/Zhang Yongtao)



Photo shows tourists at the Wulin night market in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, May 25, 2024. (People’s Daily Online/Zhang Yongtao)



Tourists browse the handicrafts on sale at the Wulin night market in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, May 25, 2024. (People’s Daily Online/Zhang Yongtao)



Cultural products launched by the Hangzhou Public Security Bureau attract tourists at the Wulin night market in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province on May 24, 2024. (People’s Daily Online/Zhang Yongtao)



A tourist takes selfies in a seal stall at the Wulin night market in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, May 25, 2024. (People’s Daily Online/Zhang Yongtao)

Xing Hui (front), an engraver and painter of Jieshou painted pottery, demonstrates her techniques at the painted pottery museum in Tianying Township of Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 29, 2024. The making of Jieshou painted pottery can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907).

Tianying Township in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province was the main production site of Jieshou painted pottery in history. The technique of making Jieshou painted pottery was inscribed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2006.

To inherit and revive the technique, the local inheritors have innovated the shape and carving patterns to meet the demand of modern society. The cultural and creative products designed by these inheritors are also favored by consumers.

Nowadays, Tianying Township not only remains as a production place of Jieshou painted pottery, but also accommodates a museum for displaying potteries and a base for inheriting and reviving intangible cultural heritage, which makes the township a popular destination for study tours.

Instead of being a local-made handicraft, the Jieshou painted pottery is integrated into school courses, decorations in parks, and museum exhibits. The ancient Jieshou painted pottery is reviving in modern time. (Jieshou Integrated Media Center/Handout via Xinhua)



Students learn about Jieshou painted pottery making at Fuyang Science and Engineering School in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province, May 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)



Xing Shuqin, a provincial inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, shows a tea pot made by herself at the painted pottery museum in Tianying Township of Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Fu Tian)

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Lu Hua, a provincial inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, makes a painted pottery craft at Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)



Lu Qunshan, a national inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, introduces painted pottery works at Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)



Xing Shuqin (2nd L), a provincial inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, instructs students of a study tour on the engraving and painting of pottery at the painted pottery museum in Tianying Township of Jieshou City in east China's Anhui Province, May 29, 2024. (Jieshou Integrated Media Center/Handout via Xinhua)



Lu Yilin, a city-level inheritor of Jieshou painted pottery, checks on painted pottery works outside the kiln in Jieshou City of east China's Anhui Province, May 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Fu Tian)

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I normally don't post in this thread on weekends but I could not pass these childrens photos by...Today is International Children's Day!!....Full story & more photos in the provided link




Zhuang Enqi (C, front) practices Yingge dance with a troupe in Yujiao Village of Guiyu Township, Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

The Yingge dance, or "dance to the hero's song," is a form of folk dance popular in south China's Guangdong Province that merges opera, dance, and martial arts. Dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), this traditional dance is often performed during traditional Chinese festivals. The Yingge dance was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage in 2006.

In April 2024, videos of a 5-year-old girl, Zhuang Enqi, performing the Yingge dance and interacting with a troupe of Yingge dancers garnered millions of views online.



Zhuang Enqi (L, front) attends a class at her kindergarten in Guiyu Township of Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)



Zhuang Enqi (front) practices Yingge dance at her kindergarten in Guiyu Township of Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 29, 2024.(Xinhua/Deng Hua)


Zhuang Enqi practices Yingge dance with a troupe in Yujiao Village of Guiyu Township, Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 29, 2024.(Xinhua/Deng Hua)



Zhuang Enqi practices Yingge dance in Yujiao Village of Guiyu Township, Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

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Zhuang Enqi attends a class at her kindergarten in Guiyu Township of Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)



Zhuang Enqi (L, front) practices Yingge dance at her kindergarten in Guiyu Township of Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)


Zhuang Enqi (R) watches as a Yingge dance troupe rehearses in Yujiao Village of Guiyu Township, Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 29, 2024.(Xinhua/Deng Hua)


Zhuang Enqi (front) practices Yingge dance at her kindergarten in Guiyu Township of Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)



Zhuang Enqi (R) attends a class at her kindergarten in Guiyu Township of Shantou City, south China's Guangdong Province, May 29, 2024.(Xinhua/Deng Hua)

More Children... Plenty of photos in the posted link!




Zhang Zixuan (behind) and Xie Suqian, pupils of the "little Kunqu Opera training class" of Shipai Center Primary School, perform Kunqu Opera in Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 31, 2024.(Xinhua/Li Bo)

In a training room of Shipai Center Primary School in Kunshan City, pupils practice basic skills of Kunqu Opera under the guidance of a full-time teacher. All the maneuvers are presented precisely.

Kunshan City is the birthplace of the Kunqu Opera, which is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an intangible cultural heritage. The city established its first "little Kunqu Opera training class" at a local primary school in 1992. Currently, there are over 20 such opera classes in the city, with more than 5,000 pupils trained.

The "little Kunqu Opera training class" at Shipai Center Primary School enrolls nearly 80 pupils annually. The training difficulty is divided into low, medium, and high grades based on the age of the pupils.

Besides participating in regular trainings twice a week, the pupils utilize their break time to practice Kunqu Opera as well. As an old saying goes, "One minute on stage results from 10 years of practice off stage," the pupils make progress by numerous repetitive trainings which often require substantial perseverance.



Zhang Zixuan (front) and Xie Suqian, two pupils of the "little Kunqu Opera training class" of Shipai Center Primary School, perform Kunqu Opera in Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 31, 2024.(Xinhua/Li Bo)



Xie Suqian, a pupil of the "little Kunqu Opera training class" of Shipai Center Primary School, prepares before a Kunqu Opera performance in Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 31, 2024.(Xinhua/Li Bo)



Zhang Zixuan (L) and Xie Suqian, pupils of the "little Kunqu Opera training class" of Shipai Center Primary School, wait for a Kunqu Opera performance in Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 31, 2024.(Xinhua/Li Bo)



Xie Suqian (C), a pupil of the "little Kunqu Opera training class", has fun with her classmates at Shipai Center Primary School of Kunshan in Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 31, 2024.(Xinhua/Li Bo)

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Pupils of the "little Kunqu Opera training class" practice fan dance under the guidance of teacher Wu Meiyu (C) at Shipai Center Primary School of Kunshan in Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 30, 2024.(Xinhua/Li Bo)



Xie Suqian (1st R), a pupil of the "little Kunqu Opera training class", practices basic skills of Kunqu Opera with her classmates at Shipai Center Primary School of Kunshan in Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 30, 2024.(Xinhua/Li Bo)



Pupils take a Kunqu Opera training class at Shipai Center Primary School of Kunshan in Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 30, 2024.(Xinhua/Li Bo)



Pupils of the "little Kunqu Opera training class" practice basic skills of Kunqu Opera under the guidance of a teacher at Shipai Center Primary School of Kunshan in Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 26, 2024.(Xinhua/Li Bo)



Xie Suqian (C) and Zhang Zixuan, pupils of the "little Kunqu Opera training class", practice under the full-time teacher Zhou Jie's guidance at Shipai Center Primary School of Kunshan in Kunshan City, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 26, 2024.(Xinhua/Li Bo)

A band member sings during a performance in Miaoxi Primary School in Goulou Town of Hengyang County, central China's Hunan Province, May 28, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)

In Miaoxi Primary School, there is a band with eight children, seven of whom are left-behind children, and the youngest is only 9 years old. Half a year ago, this remote rural primary school began to recruit volunteers with artistic talents, and Wen Jin, a music volunteer who runs a musical instrument shop, came to Miaoxi Primary School to teach music. Every Tuesday, Wen Jin would drive an hour and a half from the city through mountain roads to give music lesson to students. Thanks to the power of music, children in Miaoxi Primary School become more cheerful and confident. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)



Band members stage a performance in Miaoxi Primary School in Goulou Town of Hengyang County, central China's Hunan Province, May 28, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)



Band members stage a performance in Miaoxi Primary School in Goulou Town of Hengyang County, central China's Hunan Province, May 28, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)



Music teacher Wen Jin (R) gives a music lesson to a band in Miaoxi Primary School in Goulou Town of Hengyang County, central China's Hunan Province, May 28, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)



Band members stage a performance in Miaoxi Primary School in Goulou Town of Hengyang County, central China's Hunan Province, May 28, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)