Click to Witness History: Jingdezhen Added to UNESCO World Heritage List

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BEIJING, July 27 (Xinhua) — The Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on Saturday, filling a long-standing gap in the list for porcelain heritage.

Located in east China’s Jiangxi Province, the sites consist of five component areas that together showcase the evolution of Jingdezhen’s handcrafted porcelain industry from the 10th to 19th centuries.

What sets the sites apart is their comprehensive representation of the entire porcelain-making chain. These heritage components coverREAD MORE

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BUSAN, South Korea, July 27 (Xinhua) — China’s serial heritage nomination Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites secured inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List at the 48th World Heritage Committee session in Busan on Saturday, marking the country’s first complete handicraft porcelain production system to earn global cultural heritage recognition.

WHAT DO THE HERITAGE SITES COVER?

The serial property consists of five geographically scattered but functionally linked component parts spread across Jingdezhen City, east China’s Jiangxi Province,READ MORE

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BUSAN, South Korea, July 26 (Xinhua) — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) added China’s Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites to the World Heritage List on Saturday during the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Busan, South Korea.

The inscription brings the total number of World Heritage sites in China to 61.

African Times has published this article in partnership with Xinhua News Agency