Shaolin kung fu will show in Paris
China news agency, Zhengzhou, March 16 (Reporter Li Zhiquan) – UNESCO officials, on the 16th to go to China Dengfeng Songshan Shaolin Temple visits, and Shaolin kung fu to Paris to participate in “Cultural Diversity Week,” a number of recommendations and guidance .
It is understood that in May of this year, UNESCO will be held in Paris at the headquarters, “Cultural Diversity Week,” cultural elements from around the world will participate in which Chinese Shaolin Kung Fu invited to participate.
On the 16th, the Director-General of UNESCO consultant Alice went to the Songshan Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, Henan, where he saw the national non-material cultural heritage project “Shaolin Kung Fu” show, and went to the Shaolin Temple frequently hospitalized, Tallinn and other places tours.
In the Shaolin monks have had authentic martial arts performances. Alice watching the Shaolin kung fu demonstration, each of stunts like the Shaolin have given applause. After the performance ended, she went to Shaolin monks have given heartfelt praise the superb artistry of the Shaolin martial arts and a strong tradition appreciated.
Zhengzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture officials said that Shaolin Kung Fu Chinese martial arts culture as an integral part of the 2006 Jibei announced as the first batch of intangible cultural heritage of world-class, according to the UNESCO states that “the world’s intangible cultural heritage every two published a number of years, each batch of each country can only have one of those places, “Shaolin Kung Fu had previously and lost since the declaration of a limited quota of world-class” non-left “list.
According to reports, in 2008, China put forward to UNESCO, “intangible cultural heritage of mankind project” for a total of 35, which ranked Shaolin kung fu, whether selected world-class “non-left” list, to wait until the United Nations UNESCO headquarters in Paris in September this year, the final vote.
The official said that Shaolin Kung Fu was invited to attend the Paris “Cultural Diversity Week” in the display of Chinese culture at the same time, will further expand the international reputation of Shaolin kung fu and influence of the Shaolin kung fu selected world-class “non-left” List have a positive effect.
