Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage
Protection of the intangible cultural heritage was an international issue. In 2003, UNESCO established an International Convention to protect these heritages, which acted as the basis in international law for many other countries. China also approved this convention in 2004.
In 2006, the governments of Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau jointly applied the Chinese herb tea as the Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Chinese herb tea successfully passed the first round examination and became No. 439 under the category of traditional handicrafts in the protection list. After status recognition of it under international approval, its representative for Chinese characteristic became well known around the world. This facilitated its modernization and globalization into other countries.
According to the assessment criteria, this implied that the country recognized the Chinese herb tea’s outstanding and unique value to show Chinese traditional culture. The Chinese herb tea was guided by Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory (TCM) and used herbs as raw material to conclude a prescription. Over hundreds year, it associated with Chinese’s daily life. It was part of the Chinese food culture .
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