China's first Cultural and Natural Heritage Day celebrated abroad

An artist performs the theme song of a Chinese TV drama Treading on Thin Ice during a gala at the China Cultural Center in Seoul, June 11, 2017. [Photo/Chinaculture.org]

South Korea

Activities displaying Chinese intangible cultural heritages were held in several cities in South Korea from June 9 to 17, ranging from exhibitions, performances and lectures to cultural trade introductions.

Sixteen programs were featured during a gala, entitled "China's Intangible Cultural Heritages and Me", at the China Cultural Center in Seoul on June 11. During the event, Chinese intangible cultural heritage inheritors showed participants how to make mooncakes and sugarcoated fruits.