UNESCO inscribes traditional Li textile techniques on intangible cultural heritage list

Liu Xianglan (center) is a national representative inheritor of the traditional brocade artisanship of the Li ethnic group. LI TIANPING/FOR CHINA DAILY

ASUNCION -- UNESCO added on Thursday traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

It was included in 2009 in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.