The 9th International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) kicked off on Wednesday in Chengdu City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, marking the development of vibrant and diverse traditional cultures while sharing China's experience in systematic protection of intangible cultural heritages.
The week-long festival has brought together more than 600 intangible cultural heritage projects from over 60 countries and regions. It has also gathered over 400 ICH representative inheritors from across China.
First held in 2007, the biennial event has evolved into a key global platform for showcasing and exchanging ICH practices. This year the festival has introduced a new mechanism featuring a guest country of honor and guest city of honor. Malaysia is featured as the guest country of honor this year.
Int'l fair of intangible cultural heritage opens in southwest China's Chengdu
The Republic of Korea (ROK) and China should cherish the historical experience of jointly resisting aggression and continue to work together for a prosperous future, said ROK President Lee Jae Myung.
At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Lee will pay a state visit to China from Jan 4 to 7. It will be Lee's first visit to China since he took office last year.
In an interview with China Media Group (CMG) in Seoul on Wednesday, Lee said that humanity must learn from the past to prevent the tragedy of war from repeating itself.
"While pursuing their own national interests to the fullest extent, countries must not harm the national interests of others, but should coexist peacefully. The act of invading other countries and massacring their people for one's own benefit must never be repeated. History of humanity often repeats itself, therefore we must learn from the past. In this regard, I believe the historical experience of ROK and China in resisting aggression and fighting together is invaluable. Of course, while historical experience is important, we cannot remain stuck in the past. For a better future for the people of both countries, we need to continuously explore possibilities for working together towards the future," said the president.
ROK president calls for learning lesson from anti-aggression history
ROK president calls for learning lesson from anti-aggression history
