Xinhua News Agency, Asuncion, Paraguay, December 4 (Reporter Zhou Yongsui and Zhu Yubo) The "Spring Festival - the social practice for Chinese people to celebrate the traditional New Year" declared by China was reviewed at the 19th ordinary session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO in Asuncion, Paraguay, on the 4th, and included in the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. So far, a total of 44 projects in China have been included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List and Register, ranking first in the world in terms of total number.

The Spring Festival is the most profound, rich in content, widely participated in, and influential traditional Chinese festival. Before and after the Spring Festival, Chinese people around the world celebrate this festival around the themes of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, praying for blessings and good fortune, and reunion and harmony. For thousands of years, the Spring Festival has continuously maintained and strengthened the emotional bonds between individuals, families, and the country, playing an important role in the continuity of Chinese civilization. With the increasing expansion of overseas dissemination, the Spring Festival has become a widely accepted, recognized, and appreciated symbol of Chinese culture worldwide.

"The Spring Festival - the social practice of Chinese people celebrating the traditional New Year" is shared by Chinese people and widely practiced throughout the country. It expresses the Chinese people's feelings of human relations and family and country, embodies the values of harmonious coexistence between people and nature, and harmonious coexistence between people, and plays an important role in promoting family harmony, social harmony, economic development, environmental protection, etc. This heritage project has been included in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, which is of great significance for enhancing the cultural identity of Chinese people at home and abroad, practicing the global civilization initiative, and promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.Article excerpt: Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China

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