Craftsman Zhao Runsheng makes a handicraft work with sorghum straws at a studio in Jingxing mining area of Shijiazhuang City, capital of north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 10, 2019. Sorghum straw handicrafts with various shapes in Jingxing mining area are a provincial intangible cultural heritage and a typical folk art in Hebei Province. China has set up a nationwide intangible cultural heritage protection network comprising 2,467 institutions and 17,308 personnel as of the end of 2018, according to a government report. These institutions sponsored about 65,500 related performances and over 16,800 folk culture activities in 2018, attracting 98 million people to watch, said the report from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. (Xinhua/Liang Zidong)
