Exhibitions celebrate culture and heritage day

A series of themed exhibitions will be staged to help members of the public celebrate this year's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day on June 8.

The exhibitions will raise public awareness of intangible cultural heritage protection, promote and further the inheritance of traditional Chinese culture, and create a favorable social atmosphere for the protection of intangible cultural heritage, said Hu Yan, an official from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's intangible cultural heritage department.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of China ratifying the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.