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UNESCO added traditional Chinese wooden arch bridges, traditional Li textile techniques, and Qiang New Year festival to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on Thursday, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

All the three items were previously included in 2009 in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

The full names of the three items are "traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges," "traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering," and "Qiang New Year festival."

Global Times