China's first Cultural and Natural Heritage Day celebrated abroad

Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Week was held at a range of China Cultural Centers abroad to celebrate China's first Cultural and Natural Heritage Day.

A intangible cultural heritage inheritor performs paper-cutting during the Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Week in Benin, June 10, 2017. [Photo/Chinaculture.org]

Benin

An exhibition featuring intangible cultural heritages from Ningxia Hui autonomous region was held at the China Cultural Center in Benin on June 10.

The 100 showpieces included paper-cuttings, embroideries, clay sculptures and models of ancient Chinese architecture.

Tian Yanlan, an inheritor of Hui people's paper-cutting, introduced the protection of intangible cultural heritage in Ningxia.

The exhibition ran until June 17.