China

China holds millennia of continuous traditions, from calligraphy and silk weaving to Peking opera and herbal medicine.

Language & oral Textile & dress Music & dance Food & cooking Games & sport

Knowledge in this place

Chinese calligraphy

Chinese calligraphy

Writing characters with a brush, ink and inkstone, ordering strokes to balance rhythm and form.

Language & oral

Sericulture and silk weaving

Sericulture and silk weaving

Raising silkworms on mulberry leaves, reeling cocoons into thread and weaving figured silks on drawlooms.

Textile & dress

Peking opera

Peking opera

A stage art combining stylised singing, acrobatics and painted face make-up coding each character's role.

Traditional tea processing

Traditional tea processing

Picking, withering, firing and rolling tea leaves by hand to fix green, oolong or dark teas.

Taijiquan

A martial art of slow continuous forms training breath, balance and the circulation of internal energy.