A visitor admires a handcrafted piece at the seventh China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo. The seventh edition was held in Jinan, capital of Shandong province from Aug 25 to 29, 2022. [Photo/provided to english.jinan.gov.cn]

The eighth China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo will be held in Jinan, capital of East China's Shandong province, from Oct 17 to 21.

This year's expo will feature 211 cultural projects focused on cultural ecological protection, traditional handicrafts, and intangible cultural heritage items contributing to rural vitalization and those listed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage items.

The projects will also include traditional Chinese tea making techniques and related customs, Peking Opera, Kunqu opera, paper cutting, shadow puppetry, and traditional Chinese medicine experiences.

The Jinan booth in the Shandong exhibition area will showcase its spring culture via healthcare, handicrafts and quyi culture, a traditional Chinese spoken and sung art form.

Intangible cultural heritage has become a shining symbol of Jinan, said Ren Guangfeng, the city's vice-mayor. According to Ren, Jinan currently boasts 13 intangible cultural heritage items at the national-level, 108 at the provincial-level, and 565 at the municipal-level.