Dandong initiated its intangible cultural heritage protection program in 2005. Under the guiding policy of focusing on protection, reasonable utilization, and development, two surveys on the intangible cultural heritage in Dandong and the surrounding areas were conducted in 2007 and 2009.
By December 2010, Dandong Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection and Research Center had carried out the work of initiation, collection, sorting, application and protection step by step and 34 projects including 6 provincial projects and 2 national projects had been listed as municipal intangible cultural heritage sites.
Dandong Administration of Culture, Radio and Television has announced 36 inheritance bases and 52 representative successors of the projects in the first and second lists of municipal intangible cultural heritage.
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Papercut by Dong Junbao |
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Ethnic Korean 60th Birthday Celeration Ritual |
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Gu Music in Dandong. Gu music is mainly divided into sheng (a reed pipe wind instrument) wind instrumental music and suona music. The sheng is mainly accompanied by flutes, drums and other string instruments. The suona is accompanied by gongs, drums and other percussive instruments. |
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Gu Music in Dandong. Gu music is mainly divided into sheng (a reed pipe wind instrument) wind instrumental music and suona music. The sheng is mainly accompanied by flutes, drums and other string instruments. The suona is accompanied by gongs, drums and other percussive instruments. |
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Walking on Stilts |
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Ethinic Manchu Fragrant Bag |
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Shadao Play at Bahechuan, Kuandian |
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Papercut |
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