Immersive cultural and tourism experience at Huaqing Palace

In the activity experience area of Huaqing Palace Scenic Area, visitors are drawn to various hands-on activities, including stone rubbings, woodblock New Year paintings, grass and wood dyeing, bamboo strips, and paper kite making. Intangible cultural heritage inheritors provide on-site introductions to the historical origins, cultural connotations and artistic values of these crafts, allowing tourists to experience, feel and inherit them through rich and colorful activities.

"This form of experience is fantastic! Not only did it allow children to learn and make friends, but it also sparked their interest and love for traditional culture,” many tourists remarked. Creating intangible cultural heritage works by hand in ancient royal gardens allows them to feel the depth and warmth of Chinese traditional culture.

"Today I learned tie dyeing and rubbing, and it was very meaningful and magical, making me feel very happy," said a student named Li Yiyi.

In order to better showcase and spread the charm of intangible cultural heritages, Huaqing Palace Scenic Area fully excavates the distinctive elements of each intangible cultural heritage, and has developed intangible cultural heritage aesthetic art experience programs and boutique routes of "intangible cultural heritage+research+experience". By actively exploring the connections between intangible cultural heritage culture and modern life, the scenic area emphasizes the interaction and enhances the experience of participating readers.

Nie Qinglin, deputy general manager of the Huaqing Palace Scenic Area, expressed the hope that these interactive activities will allow more young people to experience the unique charm and value of Chinese intangible cultural heritages up close, thereby increasing their awareness and initiative in preserving traditional Chinese culture through personal experience and practice.

In the future, Huaqing Palace will continue to strengthen cultural empowerment, actively seek revitalization and innovation paths, and integrate more intangible cultural heritage programs into the scenic area, vigorously promoting the deep integration of intangible cultural heritages with the tourism industry, said Nie.