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Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP) is an independent Chinese non-profit organization registered in Beijing, with a mission to support communities to protect their cultural heritage throughout China. CHP works with a small professional staff and a large number of volunteers to fight for the protection of China’s tangible and intangible cultural heritage in a time of rapid economic development and social change.

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From The Mengma Archive to the “Menglian Ethnic Folk Art Inheritance Association”

The Mengma Archive Project was CHP’s first Ethnic Minority Culture Revitalization Project, and took place in 2004-2008. Now in 2010, CHP has started a one-year Menglian Weaving Revival Project to continue our work in the Menglian area. To implement this project  together with the local villagers, it is important to review our previous work and also the different elements of this new revitalisation project.

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The third progress report of A’er Village Qiang Minority Cultural Revitalization

It is nearly one year since the creation of a Local Volunteer Team in A’er Village for our A’er Village Qiang Minority Cultural Revitalization Project. Recently CHP’s Project Volunteer Team paid another visit to A’er Village to talk with the local volunteers about the project’s progress and to identify any project problems. The local villagers provided insightful feedback on areas they believe need improvement, as well as how they have been documenting their traditions and cultural heritage.
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Congjiang Archive Project: 7th Report

The Volunteer Project Team for the Congjiang Archive has produced a Congjiang Archive 7th Visit Report after having recently visited the area to review  the project’s progress. A UNESCO Officer accompanied the team. Activities included training, working with villagers to produce a cultural calendar and cultural map, and conveying to the local government about the project’s successes through a Midterm Progress Report.

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Do You Hutong? video on BON TV

BON by Roseann Lake, Wednesday 18 August

Roseann Lake talks with CHP about Do You Hutong?, CHP’s innovative fundraising event in support of the Chinese Heritage Protection held in July, and its work across Chinese communities.

The video was shown as part of BON’s Easy China programme. Easy China is presented by foreigners living in China and introduces the changes taking place in China, the Chinese culture, Chinese policies, facilities and services.

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Forbidden City makeover to prevent tourist damage

Global Times by Xu Tianran, Friday 20 August

The Forbidden City will more than double in size for tourists when renovations are completed in 2020, a cultural heritage official announced Wednesday.

To relieve congestion and protect cultural relics, the area accessible to visitors is being expanded from 30 to 70 percent of the total palace complex.

Those were the figures declared by Shan Jixiang, director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, at the Fifth Beijing Park Festival in the Summer Palace.

The 30 percent of the Forbidden City open to the public – an area of about 216,000 square meters – has an ideal capacity of 30,000 people a day, Shan said. The actual number in extreme cases has been 130,000, with corrosive damage being left on the former home to 24 emperors. Read more»

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