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An aerial drone photo shows a view of Guangxi Pingxiang Integrated Free Trade Zone in Pingxiang City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
An aerial drone photos shows vehicles waiting to pass through Youyiguan Port, or Friendship Pass, in Pingxiang City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 1, 2025.
With the booming economic and trade cooperation between China and Vietnam, major border ports witness increasing border traffic. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
People communicate at a booth for household products during the 33rd East China Fair in Shanghai, east China, March 1, 2025. The 33rd East China Fair kicked off here on Saturday, featuring more than 5,100 booths in six themed sections of garments, textiles, household products, gifts, cross-border e-commerce, and overseas business. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
An overseas purchaser (1st L) learns about textile products at a booth during the 33rd East China Fair in Shanghai, east China, March 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
An exhibitor (R) talks with an overseas purchaser via a mobile phone translation app during the 33rd East China Fair in Shanghai, east China, March 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
An exhibitor (R) introduces his products to an overseas purchaser during the 33rd East China Fair in Shanghai, east China, March 1, 2025. The 33rd East China Fair kicked off here on Saturday, featuring more than 5,100 booths in six themed sections of garments, textiles, household products, gifts, cross-border e-commerce, and overseas business. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
Performers of Daba Gaozhuang march during a parade in Daba Miao Township of Xingwen County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 1, 2025.
Originated in Daba Miao Township, Daba Gaozhuang is a folk dance on elevated stages and a national intangible cultural heritage. (Photos by Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
Children dressed as Ne Zha, a character from Chinese mythology, march during a parade featuring Daba Gaozhuang in Daba Miao Township of Xingwen County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
Performers of Daba Gaozhuang march during a parade in Daba Miao Township of Xingwen County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
Dragon and Lion dance teams march during a parade featuring Daba Gaozhuang in Daba Miao Township of Xingwen County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
People of Miao ethnic group perform Lusheng during a parade featuring Daba Gaozhuang in Daba Miao Township of Xingwen County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
Wu Huaxia (R) instructs an apprentice on shaomai making techniques at her studio in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 27, 2025.
Born in 1983 in a rural village of central China's Henan Province, Wu Huaxia never thought that she would become both a master in making shaomai, a traditional Chinese steamed pastry, and a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC). As a "post-80s" NPC deputy, Wu not only serves customers delicious food, but also bears the responsibility of exercising power on behalf of the people.
At the age of 18, Wu began working at Duyichu, a Beijing shaomai brand founded in 1738. Starting out as a dishwasher, Wu frequently skipped rest hours to learn and master the skills of making shaomai as quickly as possible. Later, she became one of the best chefs at the restaurant and was recognized in 2008 as the eighth-generation inheritor of Duyichu's shaomai making techniques. Wu believes that continuous innovation is a must if an intangible cultural heritage is to be preserved and carried on. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)
Wu Huaxia (C) serves a customer (R) at a Duyichu restaurant branch in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 27, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)
Wu Huaxia (R) makes shaomai at her studio in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 27, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)
Wu Huaxia (R) instructs a young colleague in the kitchen of a Duyichu restaurant branch in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 27, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)
Wu Huaxia instructs apprentice's on shaomai making techniques at her studio in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 27, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)
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A delicately cut puppet on display at the museum. Shadow puppetry is one of China's oldest forms of folk art. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
As one of China's oldest folk art forms, shadow puppetry — a mesmerizing blend of painting, carving, storytelling and singing — has been inscribed into the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
In Langzhong, Sichuan province, generations of shadow puppetry artists have kept this traditional art alive.
One standout representative in the region is the Wang family, who have been involved in the art for over 350 years since it flourished during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Born in 1965, Wang Biao is a seventh-generation inheritor of Wang family shadow puppetry and a national representative inheritor of Sichuan shadow puppetry. Learning the craft from his grandfather, Wang Wencun, Wang Biao mastered the skills of performance and carving at a young age.
Wang (middle) instructs apprentices Yang Ju (right) and Yin Li in captivating the audience through their hand movements. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
In 2000, with the support of Zhao Shutong, a shadow puppet collector in Chengdu, Sichuan, Wang Biao relocated in Chengdu with his wife and two apprentices, where they established a shadow puppetry troupe.
They began performing in parks, schools and other venues, gradually reviving the art form. In 2004, he returned to Langzhong and founded a shadow puppetry troupe, performing in its ancient town.
Wang Biao always remembers his grandfather's words:"Do not let shadow puppetry end with your generation".
Manipulated by Wang using rods, puppet figures create the illusion of moving images on a screen illuminated from behind. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
Visitors take pictures as they attend a performance at Wang's self-financed museum, which houses over 50,000 exhibits, including hundreds of ancient scripts. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
At a museum established by shadow puppet performer and sculptor Wang Biao in Langzhong, Sichuan province, visitors are invited to try their hand at the ancient art form onstage behind the screen. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
Wang selects cow leather to form intricate silhouettes. Shadow puppetry is a theatrical form based on puppets. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
The shadow puppets are made of leather plates. Their facial expressions resemble those in Sichuan Opera. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
Li Qifang, a worker at the shadow puppet museum, hangs puppets to be used in upcoming performances. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
By giving ancient art form a modern twist, Sichuan performers keep tradition alive
A delicately cut puppet on display at the museum. Shadow puppetry is one of China's oldest forms of folk art. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
As one of China's oldest folk art forms, shadow puppetry — a mesmerizing blend of painting, carving, storytelling and singing — has been inscribed into the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
In Langzhong, Sichuan province, generations of shadow puppetry artists have kept this traditional art alive.
One standout representative in the region is the Wang family, who have been involved in the art for over 350 years since it flourished during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Born in 1965, Wang Biao is a seventh-generation inheritor of Wang family shadow puppetry and a national representative inheritor of Sichuan shadow puppetry. Learning the craft from his grandfather, Wang Wencun, Wang Biao mastered the skills of performance and carving at a young age.
Wang (middle) instructs apprentices Yang Ju (right) and Yin Li in captivating the audience through their hand movements. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
In 2000, with the support of Zhao Shutong, a shadow puppet collector in Chengdu, Sichuan, Wang Biao relocated in Chengdu with his wife and two apprentices, where they established a shadow puppetry troupe.
They began performing in parks, schools and other venues, gradually reviving the art form. In 2004, he returned to Langzhong and founded a shadow puppetry troupe, performing in its ancient town.
Wang Biao always remembers his grandfather's words:"Do not let shadow puppetry end with your generation".
Manipulated by Wang using rods, puppet figures create the illusion of moving images on a screen illuminated from behind. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
Visitors take pictures as they attend a performance at Wang's self-financed museum, which houses over 50,000 exhibits, including hundreds of ancient scripts. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
At a museum established by shadow puppet performer and sculptor Wang Biao in Langzhong, Sichuan province, visitors are invited to try their hand at the ancient art form onstage behind the screen. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
Wang selects cow leather to form intricate silhouettes. Shadow puppetry is a theatrical form based on puppets. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
The shadow puppets are made of leather plates. Their facial expressions resemble those in Sichuan Opera. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
Li Qifang, a worker at the shadow puppet museum, hangs puppets to be used in upcoming performances. [Photo by Shen Bohan/Xinhua]
Li Shijie checks the quality of fireworks products in Liuyang, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 27, 2025. Born in 1996, Li Shijie comes from a family that has been engaged in fireworks industry for generations. During Li's study abroad, the dazzling fireworks he witnessed in various activities not only instilled and fostered a sense of pride in him, but also aroused his further thinking on the upgrading of fireworks display with scientific and technological power.
Li returned to his hometown and became a manager of Zhongzhou Fireworks Group Co., Ltd. in 2022. One year later, Li established Hunan Chizi Culture Technology Co., Ltd. and began to work on a three-dimensional performance model integrating drones with eco-friendly cold fireworks. Through repeated trials, Li and his team have significantly enhanced the formation capacity and safety of self-developed drones in large-scale performances. In 2024, his team staged more than 50 drone firework shows at home and abroad, and cooperated with many shows and short video platforms in cultural promotion activities.
"To boost both nighttime and low-altitude economies, and to seek innovation in traditional fireworks industry -- are the stories I wish to continue to write," Li said. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
Li Shijie (R) examines a smart production line at a factory of Zhongzhou Fireworks Group Co., Ltd. in Liuyang, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 27, 2025.(Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
Li Shijie (R) discusses the design paper of a smart production line of fireworks with a technician in Liuyang, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 27, 2025.(Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
Li Shijie examines a self-developed drone at Hunan Chizi Culture Technology Co., Ltd. in Liuyang, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 27, 2025.(Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
Li Shijie displays a drone developed by Hunan Chizi Culture Technology Co., Ltd. in Liuyang, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 27, 2025.(Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
Li Shijie (back) discusses the plan of a drone firework show with colleagues in Liuyang, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 27, 2025.(Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
Li Shijie examines fireworks products at an exhibition hall of Zhongzhou Fireworks Group Co., Ltd. in Liuyang, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 27, 2025.(Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
A drone firework show is staged by Li Shijie and his team in Liuyang, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 18, 2025.(Xinhua/Xue Yuge)
Italian luxury fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo announces Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan as the brand’s ambassador for China and Southeast Asia Pacific on Friday.[Photos provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Gao is also set to make her debut at the Ferragamo Fall/Winter 2025 fashion show in Milan.
According to the brand, Gao effortlessly balances acting and her role as a social influencer through her charitable work, showcasing excellence in both realms. Her exceptional performances in films and TV have earned her widespread acclaim. That apart, she actively engages in philanthropy, using her influence to support positive initiatives in environmental protection, education, and health, highlighting her strong social responsibility.
This partnership seals the relationship between the luxury brand and renowned actress who started building ties even prior to this announcement, as Gao has partnered with the brand on several campaigns