Three children watch the dough modelling on the annual dough modelling exhibition held in Nanzhang Village of Xiulin Town in Jingxing County, Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, on Feb. 22, 2019. The exquisitely crafted and colorful dough modelling on display attracted a great number of visitors to appreciate the beauty. The Nanzhang dough modelling was listed as one of the provincial level intangible cultural heritages in 2011. China has set up a nationwide intangible cultural heritage protection network comprising 2,467 institutions and 17,308 personnel as of the end of 2018, according to a government report. These institutions sponsored about 65,500 related performances and over 16,800 folk culture activities in 2018, attracting 98 million people to watch, said the report from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiuke)
