Local artists discuss making skills of paper-cutting works in Huining County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 24, 2020. Local government has stepped up efforts to protect the Huining paper-cutting, an old art which was listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list of China in 2011. (Xinhua/Du Zheyu)

The first "design week" activity for China's intangible cultural heritage is set to be held at the ancient town of Yongxin, East China's Jiangxi Province, on February 16, to promote local culture and tourism.

The ancient town where the design week will be held is located in the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area, the mountainous area known as the birthplace of the Chinese Red Army.

More than 70 well-known intangible cultural heritage curators, designers and inheritors have been invited to join the event, which will cover four sections: intangible culture, design, fine food and floriculture.

Over 20 national-level intangible cultural heritage inheritors will display their skills during the event, including Spring Festival woodblock printing, paper cutting and dyeing and weaving cloth.

As the event will be held during the Spring Festival holiday (February 11-17), it will focus on the beauty of life and the atmosphere of the traditional festival to help the ancient county explore its cultural roots and develop local tourism.

Life-oriented and fashionable intangible cultural heritage projects are set to be combined with traditional festival culture to create artistic events in Yongxin that enhance the beauty of intangible cultural heritage, life and society in the ancient city.

The activity is sponsored by the Yongxin local government and the China Building Center (CBC).

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the event may move to an online model if the situation warrants, an employee at CBC told the Global Times on Monday.