An actress performs an act of Kunqu Opera at a gala marking the exhibition of China's achievements in protecting intangible cultural heritage in Beijing Feb. 13, 2006. The exhibition was held in Beijing to beef up protection of China's intangible cultural heritage and enable it to play a greater and better role in fostering a sound, advanced socialist culture in China. (Xinhua photo)

A monk performs Shaolin kungfu, a kind of martial art, at a gala marking the exhibition of China's achievements in protecting intangible cultural heritage in Beijing Feb. 13, 2006.(Xinhua Photo)

Monks perform Shaolin kungfu, a kind of martial art, at a gala marking the exhibition of China's achievements in protecting intangible cultural heritage.

Professor Li Xiangting from the Central Conservatory of Music plays Guqin, a Chinese traditional seven-stringed musical instrument.

Artists perform Mukamu at a gala marking the exhibition of China's achievements in protecting intangible cultural heritage in Beijing Feb. 13, 2006. Mukamu is a kind of folk dance performed to the tune of folk music of the Uygur ethnic group in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Editor: Wing