On December 6, at Chongqing University, Li Yong, a folk artist who had just finished performing a Sichuan opera face-changing, was surrounded by students because they were amazed by the face-changing skills.

This is a scene at an intangible cultural heritage promotion activity organized by Chongqing University. More than 30 representative items of intangible cultural heritage were introduced to students, and more than 20 inheritors of intangible cultural heritage skills were invited to showcase their crafts on site. Teachers and students were invited to work with the inheritors to perform or create craft works, exposing themselves to the charm of traditional culture.

Li Yong, 32, has been learning face changing for 8 years. “Allowing students to see face changing in person can give them a more direct experience of this art. This is also a good way to promote traditional Chinese culture. “

At the event, 58-year-old Li Xinglan, the representative inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage project "Yuzhou Li's Shuttlecock," laid out the materials for making shuttlecocks, allowing students to freely assemble and create their own work. To add more fun, she initiated a shuttlecock kicking challenge, and participants who can kick a certain number could win a prize. The students had a great time playing the game.

Jiang Wan, a postgraduate from Chongqing University said that he enjoyed learning dough modelling, and was charmed by the traditional craft. She said it was more challenging to do dough modelling than she had thought.

Sun Shixin, a postgraduate of Chongqing University, learnt a lot from this activity. He said that hands-on activities are essential for an authentic understanding of the charm of intangible heritage of traditional Chinese culture.

Yang Xinya, deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Party Committee at Chongqing University, said that the university has been constantly introducing intangible cultural heritage programs or activities into the campus as a bid to guide teachers and students to learn about traditional Chinese culture.