文化紅屋

China’s cultural transmission over the past decade

Over the past decade， China has seen a flourishing culturalindustry along with the development of the Internet sector． This is reflected in the growing sales of Chinese TV dramas and plays abroad， growing attention paid to Chinese intangible cultural heritage， and new trends led by traditions． ＃China10years

Literature：

On Oct． 11， 2012： Mo Yan won China’s first Nobel Prize in Literature．

The World Heritage Sites：

On June22， 2014： The Silk Road， the Grand Canal （the only listed project still in operation）

On July 6， 2019： The Liangzhu archaeological site

On July 25， 2021： Quanzhou： Emporium of the World in Song－Yuan China

The Intangible Cultural Heritage：

On Nov． 30， 2016： The Twenty－Four Solar Terms were inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity．

Festivals：

In 2018： The Chinese National Costume Day was set up （every March 3rd on the Chinese lunar calendar）．

On June 21， 2018： The Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival was established （every Autumn Equinox on the Chinese lunar calendar）．

Films：

On July 26， 2019： Nezha： Birth of the Demon Child topped China’s animation box office （passed 5 billion yuan）．

On Sept． 30， 2021： The Battle at Lake Changjin was screened， the top－grossing movie of all time on China’s mainland．

On Nov．13， 2019： A bronze statue of a horse’s head， a treasure from China’s Old Summer Palace， returned to China．

On March 1， 2020： The Potala Palace launched its first live stream．

In March 2020： The Sanxingdui Ruins site in Guanghan， Sichuan Province， is one of the greatest archeological discoveries of the 20th century． The excavation of it restarted after 34 years．