Art festival of China's ICH

　　The opening ceremony of the art festival of China's intangible cultural heritages was unveiled at the headquarters of the United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France, on April 16, 2007. Hosted by the Cultural Ministry of China and undertaken by the Academy of Arts of China and the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center of China, the art festival opened in Paris to display China's intangible cultural heritages

　　The art festival was divided into two parts: the exhibition of "China's intangible cultural heritages" was unveiled at the annular corridor of the headquarters of UNESCO from April 16 -20. The performance items selected from intangible cultural heritages were premiered at the headquarters of UNESCO from April 16-17.

　　The exhibition displayed 51 items, and the most precious items include the ancient qin of the Song Dynasty, treasured by Academy of Arts of China, the Yunjin looms, Tangka, New year prints, as well as puppets, shadow plays and the like.

　　The performance featured highlights from the Kunqu Opera "The Peony Pavilion," "The performance of ancient qin," "The Art of Chinese Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam," "Mongolian traditional folk Long Song," as well as "Dong nationality dage (big songs)" and "Yi nationality Haicai qiang" and so on.

　　UNESCO organizing this art festival helped China display its achievement of intangible cultural heritages protection and declared its determination to the whole world. Additionally, the art festival also promoted the protection of world intangible cultural heritages, and boosted the development of cultural diversity.

　　Ⅰ. Yunjin

　　Nanjing Yunjin has a history of more than 1,500 years in regards to hand-weaving technology. Its wooden-loom Zhuang Hua represents the history of silk weaving, reaching back more than 4,700 years. This is the traditional hand-weaving technology by means of human memory that cannot be replaced by machines, the only technology of its kind handed down to modern times in a history of more than 3,000 years of brocade production. Nanjing Yunjin technology, always taught by hand and oral instruction, is handed down from generation to generation.

　　As Yunjin was specially used to weave the dragon robes and official clothes for a long time, its production was conducted at all costs for perfection. As a result, its designs feature colorful varieties, big patterns, and beautiful shapes as well as gorgeous and bold colors, particularly golden color, free color-matching and changeable tints.