A total of 70 people have been listed in the eighth batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage inheritors of Guangzhou recently, reaching the highest number ever. A certification ceremony for these inheritors took place at the Guangzhou Cultural & Arts Centre on June 20, along with a fashion show highlighting intangible cultural heritage.

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This batch of inheritors covers the projects in ten genres like folklore, opera, and traditional skills. Among them, Zhang Weichao, born in 1987, is the inheritor of the skills of making dragon boat heads and tails. The dragon heads he carved were selected by Zhang Yimou's team and displayed in the "Grain in Ear" part of the countdown video featuring the 24 solar terms in the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Zhang Weichao carves a dragon boat head. (Photo provided to GDToday)

Zhang Weichao's work is featured in the 24 Chinese solar terms countdown video.

So far, Guangzhou has 267 intangible cultural heritage inheritors, ranking first in the province.

Furthermore, the 1st Intangible Cultural Heritage Fashion Week of Guangzhou was rounded off with a fashion show at the Guangzhou Cultural & Arts Centre, and displayed the combination of intangible cultural heritage with fashion.

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"We need to express ancient stories in a modern and fashionable way, promote deeper integration of intangible cultural heritage and fashion, and pass down our history and culture," said Gary Wat, the organizer of this fashion week.