Traditional Chinese New Year painting artwork regains vitality with innovation

STORY: Traditional Chinese New Year painting artwork regains vitality with innovation DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:16 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1 various of the Yangliuqing woodblock painting artworks 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUO QINGYOU, Inheritor of Yangliuqing woodblock painting 3 various of by-products of Yangliuqing woodblock painting 4 SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HUO SHULIN, Craftsman of Yangliuqing woodblock painting STORYLINE: China has abundant cultural heritages, which can be seen in traditional celebrations of the Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year. The Yangliuqing woodblock painting in north China's Tianjin Municipality is one of them. It's a popular New Year decoration for many local residents. Flourished in Tianjin and its surrounding areas hundreds of years ago, the artworks feature colorful patterns with abundant themes and contents, especially traditional Chinese virtues such as filial piety, harmony and benevolence. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUO QINGYOU, I

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUCONG ETHNIC PEOPLE-NEW LIFE (CN)

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUCONG ETHNIC PEOPLE-NEW LIFE (CN)

(221025) -- KUNMING, Oct. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shulin (R) watches a documentary about Kucong ethnic people on a mobile phone in Anfu Village of Zhemi Lahu Ethnic Township, Jinping County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: Former deep mountains tribe embraces new life" (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUCONG ETHNIC PEOPLE-NEW LIFE (CN)

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUCONG ETHNIC PEOPLE-NEW LIFE (CN)

(221025) -- KUNMING, Oct. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shulin points to a little boy in a black-and-white documentary and recognizes the boy as himself at the age of six in Anfu Village of Zhemi Lahu Ethnic Township, Jinping County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: Former deep mountains tribe embraces new life" (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUCONG ETHNIC PEOPLE-NEW LIFE (CN)

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUCONG ETHNIC PEOPLE-NEW LIFE (CN)

(221025) -- KUNMING, Oct. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shulin works in the fields in Anfu Village of Zhemi Lahu Ethnic Township, Jinping County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: Former deep mountains tribe embraces new life" (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

Wushan Long-Handle Broadsword in NW China's Gansu

STORY: Wushan Long-Handle Broadsword in NW China's Gansu DATELINE: May 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: TIANSHUI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the performance of Wushan Long-Handle Broadsword in northwest China's Wushan county, Tianshui citySOUNDBITE 1(English): LING SHULIN, Inheritor of city-level intangible cultural heritage Wushan Long-Handle BroadswordSOUNDBITE 2(English): LING SHULIN, Inheritor of city-level intangible cultural heritage Wushan Long-Handle BroadswordSOUNDBITE 3(English): LING SHULIN, Inheritor of city-level intangible cultural heritage Wushan Long-Handle BroadswordSOUNDBITE 4(English): LING SHULIN, Inheritor of city-level intangible cultural heritage Wushan Long-Handle Broadsword STORYLINE: A group of Chinese Kungfu masters practicing the Long-Handle Broadsword at the peaks and ridges of the Luban Mountain in Wushan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, has been an attraction to visitors of the mountains. SOUNDBITE 1(English): LING SHULIN, Inheritor of city-level