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Yun brocade applies for "Cultural Heritage"

www.chinanews.cn 2005-10-10 15:19:00

During the course of the National Day holiday, Nanjing Cultural and Art
Exchange Center in Jiangsu sponsored a Nanjing Yun brocade exhibition,
attracting many citizens. It was learned that Nanjing Yun brocade with a
history of 1,500 years used to belong to royal family only. At present,
Yun brocade has been chosen into the candidate items of "Oral and
Intangible Cultural Heritage" that China has applied to the United
Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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